التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT |
| Document Number: |
20100222680 |
| تاريخ النشر: |
September 2, 2010 |
| Appl. No: |
12/711523 |
| Application Filed: |
February 24, 2010 |
| مستخلص: |
An image-manipulation receiving unit receives an image manipulation by a user. A viewpoint/mark calculating unit calculates a viewpoint and a display position of a probe mark based on the image manipulation by the user. A mark-notation creating unit creates a probe mark, a front-back distinction mark, a line of indicating position just beneath probe center, a line of indicating scan area, and a quadrangular pyramid mark, as a mark. An image compositing unit then composites a color Doppler image with the marks, and displays them onto a monitor. |
| Inventors: |
HAMADA, Kenji (Otawara-shi, JP) |
| Assignees: |
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA (Tokyo, JP), TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION (Otawara-shi, JP) |
| Claim: |
1. An ultrasound imaging apparatus comprising: a probe that transmits an ultrasound wave to a subject, and receives an ultrasound echo generated in the subject; a data creating unit that creates three-dimensional image data of the subject from the ultrasound echo received by the probe; a cross-sectional image creating unit that creates a cross-sectional image representing a specific cross section from the three-dimensional image data created by the data creating unit; a mark creating unit that creates a mark that indicates positional relation between the cross-sectional image created by the cross-sectional image creating unit and the probe; and a composite-image display unit that composites and displays the cross-sectional image created by the cross-sectional image creating unit and the mark created by the mark creating unit. |
| Claim: |
2. The ultrasound imaging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an manipulation receiving unit that receives a manipulation onto the three-dimensional image of the subject specified by a user, wherein the cross-sectional image creating unit creates the cross-sectional image based on the manipulation received by the manipulation receiving unit, and the mark creating unit creates the mark based on the manipulation received by the manipulation receiving unit. |
| Claim: |
3. The ultrasound imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mark creating unit creates a probe mark that indicates the probe as one of the mark, and deforms a shape of the probe mark based on a scanning direction of the probe. |
| Claim: |
4. The ultrasound imaging apparatus according to claim 3, the mark creating unit creates a line that indicates a position just beneath a center of the probe as one of the mark. |
| Claim: |
5. The ultrasound imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mark creating unit creates a pyramid mark that indicates a position of the probe with a vertex of a pyramid as one of the mark. |
| Claim: |
6. The ultrasound imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mark creating unit creates a front-back distinction mark that makes a distinction between front and back which the probe is present. |
| Claim: |
7. An image processing apparatus comprising: a cross-sectional image creating unit that creates a cross-sectional image representing a specific cross section from three-dimensional image data of an image of a subject taken by an ultrasound imaging apparatus; a mark creating unit that creates a mark that indicates positional relation between the cross-sectional image created by the cross-sectional image creating unit and a probe; and a composite-image display unit that composites and displays the cross-sectional image created by the cross-sectional image creating unit and the mark created by the mark creating unit. |
| Claim: |
8. An image processing method comprising: creating a cross-sectional image representing a specific cross section from three-dimensional image data of an image of a subject taken by an ultrasound imaging apparatus; creating a mark that indicates positional relation between the created cross-sectional image and a probe; and compositing and displaying the created cross-sectional image and the created mark. |
| Claim: |
9. A computer program product having a computer readable medium including a plurality of instructions that is executable by a computer and for processing an image, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform: creating a cross-sectional image representing a specific cross section from three-dimensional image data of an image of a subject taken by an ultrasound imaging apparatus; creating a mark that indicates positional relation between the created cross-sectional image and a probe; and compositing and displaying the created cross-sectional image and the created mark. |
| Current U.S. Class: |
600/443 |
| Current International Class: |
61; 06 |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edspap.20100222680 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
USPTO Patent Applications |