IP Library Granted Patent US 9,125,621
Granted Patent B2
US 9,125,621 · App. 13/658,052 · Granted Sep 8, 2015

Dynamic image processing system

Inventors: Sumiya Nagatsuka (Hino, JP); Yoshihiro Takeda (Hino, JP)
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
A61B6/503A61B5/08A61B5/1135A61B6/4233A61B6/463A61B6/50
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Patent No.
US 9,125,621
App. No.
13/658,052
Granted
Sep 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is possible to improve a diagnostic performance by a dynamic image and in particular, to provide information effective for diagnosis of the lung ventilation function. Provided is a dynamic image capturing system ( 100 ) including: a calculation device ( 4 ) which calculates a dynamic feature amount according to a plurality of frame images of the dynamic image captured by an imaging device ( 1 ); and a diagnosis console ( 3 ) which displays the frame images of the captured dynamic image as a dynamic image display or a still image display on a display screen of a display unit ( 34 ) and colors at least one of the frame images with a color in accordance with a calculation result of a feature amount obtained by the calculation device ( 4 ). In the diagnosis of the lung ventilation function, the breast portion of an examinee is dynamically imaged over a plurality of time phases to calculate a feature amount and an estimated ventilation amount at each of the time phases, so that the calculation results are displayed on the display screen.

Claims (6)

1. A dynamic image processing system comprising:

an imaging unit that carries out dynamic imaging of a cycle of a pulmonary field under examination and generates a plurality of plain radiograph images of the pulmonary field indicating a dynamic condition of the pulmonary field under examination; and

an image analysis unit that divides the pulmonary field of each plain radiograph image into a plurality of regions, and calculates a dynamic feature amount of the cycle of an entire pulmonary field based on a change in signal values of the entire pulmonary field as well as a dynamic feature amount of the cycle of each divided region based on a change in signal values of each divided region.

2. The dynamic image processing system of claim 1 ,

wherein the dynamic feature amount is information concerning a ventilation volume.

3. The dynamic image processing system of claim 1 , wherein the chest region is divided into a plurality of anatomical structures, and the image analysis unit correlates the each part using local matching method.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 21, 2013
From: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 030658/0469 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2012
From: NAGATSUKA, SUMIYA; TAKEDA, YOSHIHIRO
To: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 029173/0047 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2007-326875 · Dec 19, 2007 · national
JP 2007-334523 · Dec 26, 2007 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 12815532 · Jun 15, 2010
Continuation PCTJP2008072243 · Dec 8, 2008
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