Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus
View Patent ↗A parameter calculating unit calculates a parameter value at each time through an interpolation process based on a parameter value at a telediastole stored in a telediastole memory and a parameter value at a telesystole stored in a telesystole memory. An interpolation coefficient memory stores an interpolation coefficient which is used for the interpolation process. When the parameter calculating unit calculates, for each parameter, parameter values of the times from telediastole to the telesystole, a region-of-interest setting unit sets, for each time, a three-dimensional region of interest in the three-dimensional data space based on the plurality of parameters. With this process, a three-dimensional region of interest which dynamically changes from the telediastole to the telesystole is set in the three-dimensional data space.
1. An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus comprising:
a transmission and reception unit which transmits and receives ultrasound, to collect a plurality of echo data from a three-dimensional space including a heart;
an image forming unit which forms image data of a three-dimensional ultrasound image including the heart based on the plurality of collected echo data;
a display unit which displays a three-dimensional ultrasound image corresponding to the formed image data; and
a region-of-interest setting unit which sets a three-dimensional region of interest for the heart in a three-dimensional data space constructed by the plurality of echo data collected from the three dimensional space, wherein
the three-dimensional region of interest is identified by a plurality of parameters, and the region-of-interest setting unit determines, for each of the plurality of parameters that identify the three dimensional region of interest, a parameter value at each of a plurality of times between a telediastole and a telesystole based on a parameter value corresponding to the telediastole of the heart and a parameter value corresponding to the telesystole of the heart, and
the region-of-interest setting unit calculates the parameter value at each of the plurality of times for each of the parameters through an interpolation process using an interpolation coefficient which changes with time corresponding to an expansion and contraction movement of the heart.
2. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the region-of-interest setting unit determines the parameter value at each of the plurality of times, so that the plurality of parameters change with time and the three-dimensional region of interest dynamically follows an expansion and contraction movement of the heart.
3. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus of claim 2 , wherein
the region-of-interest setting unit uses an interpolation coefficient corresponding to a mixture ratio of the parameter value corresponding to the telediastole of the heart and the parameter value corresponding to the telesystole of the heart.
4. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the region-of-interest setting unit sets a three-dimensional region of interest, having a shape of an ellipsoid, which is identified by a plurality of parameters including a major axis radius, a minor axis radius, a center coordinate, and a rotation angle.
5. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the region-of-interest setting unit sets a three-dimensional region of interest, having a shape of an ellipsoid, which is identified by a plurality of parameters including a major axis radius, a minor axis radius, a center coordinate, and a rotation angle.
6. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the region-of-interest setting unit uses an interpolation coefficient corresponding to a mixture ratio of the parameter value corresponding to the telediastole of the heart and the parameter value corresponding to the telesystole of the heart.
7. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
the region-of-interest setting unit sets a three-dimensional region of interest, having a shape of an ellipsoid, which is identified by a plurality of parameters including a major axis radius, a minor axis radius, a center coordinate, and a rotation angle.
8. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the region-of-interest setting unit sets a three-dimensional region of interest, having a shape of an ellipsoid, which is identified by a plurality of parameters including a major axis radius, a minor axis radius, a center coordinate, and a rotation angle.