Biological tissue motion trace method and image diagnosis device using the trace method
First Claim
1. An image diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- imaging means for producing a tomographic image of an object to be examined;
a storing unit of storing a moving image formed by a plurality of frames of the tomographic image; and
a display unit for displaying the moving image, further comprising an operation unit for designating a desired portion of the tomographic image with a mark; and
tracking means for making the mark follow the desired portion of the tomographic image from image information of the desired portion.
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Abstract
A one frame image of a moving image formed by producing tomographic images of an object to be examined is displayed (S2), a mark is superposed on a designated portion of a tissue the movement of which is tracked in the displayed one frame image (S3), a cutout image of a size including the designated portion is set in the one frame image (S4), local images are searched in another frame images of the moving image and a local image of the identical size which is most coincided with the cutout image is extracted (S5,6), and a coordinate of the designated portion after movement is calculated based on a coordinate difference between the most coincided local image and the cutout image (S7), thereby the movement of tissue is quantitatively measured.
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1. An image diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- imaging means for producing a tomographic image of an object to be examined;
a storing unit of storing a moving image formed by a plurality of frames of the tomographic image; and
a display unit for displaying the moving image, further comprising an operation unit for designating a desired portion of the tomographic image with a mark; and
tracking means for making the mark follow the desired portion of the tomographic image from image information of the desired portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 34)
- imaging means for producing a tomographic image of an object to be examined;
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18. A tissue movement tracking method comprising:
- a first step of displaying a one frame image of a moving image formed by producing tomographic images of an object to be examined;
a second step of setting a designated portion by inputting a command to superpose a mark on the designated portion of a tissue the movement of which is tracked in the displayed one frame image;
a third step of setting a cutout image of a size including the designated portion in the one frame image;
a fourth step of searching another frame images of the moving image and extracting a local image of the identical size which is most coincided with the cutout image; and
a fifth step of calculating a coordinate of the designated portion after movement based on a coordinate difference between the most coincided local image and the cutout image. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
- a first step of displaying a one frame image of a moving image formed by producing tomographic images of an object to be examined;
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