Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, ultrasonic image display apparatus, and medical image diagnostic apparatus
When displaying a plurality of images in different conformations in relation to information of a tissue motion typified by a heart wall motion, support information which is used to rapidly and easily visually confirm a relative positional correspondence relationship between an MPR image, a polar mapping image, and a three-dimensional image is generated and displayed. A marker indicative of a desired local position is set and displayed as required. Further, a position corresponding to the set or changed marker may not be present on the MPR image. In such a case, the MPR image always including a position corresponding to the set or changed marker is generated and displayed by automatically adjusting a position of an MPR cross section.
1. An ultrasonic image display apparatus, comprising:
a memory to store time series image data of a region including a tissue in an object, the time series image data being generated based on outputs from an ultrasound probe; and
processing circuitry configured to:
calculate tissue motion information of the tissue for each of a plurality of time phases based on the time series image data by a tissue tracking process;
generate three-dimensional images and polar mapping images based on the same tissue motion information calculated by the tissue tracking process, the three-dimensional images and the polar mapping images including color information based on the calculated tissue motion information, and including frame information indicative of a boundary between segments; and wherein the three-dimensional images are time series three-dimensional images and the polar mapping images are time series polar mapping images, and
cause a display to display the three-dimensional images further including support information, and the polar mapping images further including the support information, simultaneously, the support information representing a correspondence relationship between a segment of the three-dimensional images and a segment of the polar mapping images, the three-dimensional images and the polar mapping images being generated by the same tissue motion information calculated by the tissue tracking process; wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the display to display the time series three-dimensional images and the time series polar mapping images sequentially and synchronously.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate a marker as the support information.
3. A medical image diagnostic apparatus, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to:
generate time series image data of a region including a tissue in an object based on outputs from an ultrasound probe;
calculate tissue motion information of the tissue for each of a plurality of time phases based on the time series image data by a tissue tracking process;
generate three-dimensional images and polar mapping images based on the same tissue motion information calculated by the tissue tracking process, the three-dimensional images and the polar mapping images including color information based on the calculated tissue motion information, and including frame information indicative of a boundary between segments; and wherein the three-dimensional images are time series three-dimensional images and the polar mapping images are time series polar mapping images, and
cause a display to display the three-dimensional images further including support information, and the polar mapping images further including the support information, simultaneously, the support information representing a correspondence relationship between a segment of the three-dimensional images and a segment of the polar mapping images, the three-dimensional images and the polar mapping images being generated by the same tissue motion information calculated by the tissue tracking process; wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the display to display the time series three-dimensional images and the time series polar mapping images sequentially and synchronously.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the support information represents correspondence relationships between segments of the three-dimensional images the polar mapping images.
5. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the support information displayed on each segment of a three-dimensional image included in the three-dimensional images is different from each other.
6. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the image data is volume data of a three-dimensional region including the tissue.
7. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate a marker as the support information.
8. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
generate time series MPR images based on the time series image data, and
superimpose the support information on the time series MPR images.
9. A processing method of a medical image, comprising:
generating time series image data of a region including a tissue in an object based on outputs from an ultrasound probe;
calculating tissue motion information of the tissue for each of a plurality of time phases based on the time series image data by a tissue tracking process;
generating three-dimensional images and polar mapping images based on the same tissue motion information calculated by the tissue tracking process, the three-dimensional images and the polar mapping images including color information based on the calculated tissue motion information, and including frame information indicative of a boundary between segments; and wherein the three-dimensional images are time series three-dimensional images and the polar mapping images are time series polar mapping images, and
causing a display to display the three-dimensional images further including support information, and the polar mapping images further including the support information, simultaneously, the support information representing a correspondence relationship between a segment of the three-dimensional images and a segment of the polar mapping images, the three-dimensional images and the polar mapping images being generated by the same tissue motion information calculated by the tissue tracking process; wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to cause the display to display the time series three-dimensional images and the time series polar mapping images sequentially and synchronously.
10. The processing method of claim 9 , wherein the causing step includes causing the display to display the three-dimensional images and polar mapping images, each with the support information, wherein unique support information is assigned to respective segments.
11. The processing method of claim 9 , wherein the causing step includes causing the display to display the three-dimensional images and polar mapping images, each with the support information, wherein the support information is not based on the tissue motion information.
12. An ultrasonic image display apparatus, comprising:
a memory to store time series image data of a region including a tissue in an object, the time series image data being generated based on outputs from an ultrasound probe; and
processing circuitry configured to:
calculate tissue motion information of the tissue for each of a plurality of time phases based on the time series image data by a tissue tracking process;
generate three-dimensional images and polar mapping images based on the same tissue motion information calculated by the tissue tracking process, the three-dimensional images and the polar mapping images including color information based on the calculated tissue motion information, and including frame information indicative of a boundary between segments, the color information and the frame information representing a correspondence relationship between a segment of the three-dimensional images and a segment of the polar mapping images, wherein the three-dimensional images are time series three-dimensional images and the polar mapping images are time series polar mapping images; and
cause a display to display the time series three-dimensional images and the time series polar mapping images sequentially and synchronously.
13. The ultrasonic image display apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the tissue includes a part of a heart.
14. The ultrasonic image display apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the same tissue motion information includes wall motion information.
15. The ultrasonic image display apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the wall motion information includes strain information.
16. The ultrasonic image display apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the wall motion information includes displacement information.
17. The ultrasonic image display apparatus according to claim 12 , the processing circuitry is configured to cause the display to further display a time change curve of the wall motion information.
18. The ultrasonic image display apparatus according to claim 15 , the processing circuitry is configured to cause the display to further display a time change curve of the strain information.
19. The ultrasonic image display apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to move the boundary displayed on three-dimensional images based on the calculated tissue motion information.
20. The ultrasonic image display apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to cause the display to further display a first marker on the time series three-dimensional images and a second marker on the time series polar mapping images, a position of the first marker corresponding to a position of the second marker.
21. The ultrasonic image display apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to cause the display to display the time series three-dimensional images and the time series polar mapping images in different display positions in a horizontal direction.