ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS

• US 20150164328A1
• Filed: 11/18/2014
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Inventors: YOSHITOMI, Hidenori
• Application Number:
  US14/546,858
• Publication Number:
  US 20150164328A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/066 Superposing sensor position on an image of the patient, e.g. obtained by ultrasound or x-ray imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/067 using accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1128 using image analysis A61B5/1127 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4576 Evaluating the shoulder
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/4254 using sensors mounted on the probe

Abstract

An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus configured in a manner connectable to an ultrasound probe includes a transmission unit configured to control supply of a transmission electric signal to transmit ultrasound from the ultrasound probe to a subject, a reception unit configured to acquire a reception signal which is based on reflected ultrasound received by the ultrasound probe, an ultrasound image generation unit configured to generate tomographic image data of the subject based on the reception signal, a movement reception unit configured to acquire movement information of the subject, a dynamic schematic view data generation unit configured to generate, based on the movement information, schematic view image data illustrating a movement of the subject in a schematic view, and a display processing unit configured to generate composite image data in which the tomographic image data and the dynamic schematic view image data are compounded based on time information.

Claims

1. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus configured in a manner connectable to an ultrasound probe, comprising:

a transmission unit configured to control supply of a transmission electric signal to transmit ultrasound from the ultrasound probe to a subject;

a reception unit configured to acquire a reception signal which is based on reflected ultrasound received by the ultrasound probe;

an ultrasound image generation unit configured to generate tomographic image data of the subject based on the reception signal;

a movement reception unit configured to acquire movement information of the subject;

a dynamic schematic view data generation unit configured to generate, based on the movement information, schematic view image data illustrating a movement of the subject in a schematic view; and

a display processing unit configured to generate composite image data in which the tomographic image data and the dynamic schematic view image data are compounded based on time information.

2. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the dynamic schematic view data generation unit extracts an outline of the subject and generates the schematic view image data based on the movement information.

3. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the dynamic schematic view data generation unit generates the schematic view image data based on predetermined schematic view data stored in advance and the movement information.

4. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a positional information reception unit configured to receive positional information of the ultrasound probe,

wherein the dynamic schematic view data generation unit generates, based on the positional information, body mark image data in which the schematic view image data and the positional information of the ultrasound probe are compounded.