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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Koji Waki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Iimura, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Koji Waki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Iimura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/469 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/485 (2013.01); G01S 7/52036 (2013.01); G01S 7/52042 (2013.01); G01S 7/52063 (2013.01); G01S 7/52087 (2013.01); G01S 15/8993 (2013.01); A61B 8/4254 (2013.01);
Abstract
In order to three-dimensionally quantify the elastic information indicating the hardness or softness of tissue of an object with a simple operation, two three-dimensional regions of interest are set on a displayed elastic rendering image. A three-dimensional distortion ratio measuring unitcalculates a ratio between elastic information in the set first three-dimensional region of interest and elastic information in the set second three-dimensional region of interest and displays the ratio on an image display device