IP Library Granted Patent US 10,492,764
Granted Patent B2
US 10,492,764 · App. 15/803,897 · Granted Dec 3, 2019

Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, medical image processing apparatus, and medical image processing method

Inventors: Yoshihiro Oomori (Otawara Tochigi, JP); Go Tanaka (Utsunomiya Tochigi, JP); Eiji Goto (Utsunomiya Tochigi, JP); Osamu Nakajima (Otawara Tochigi, JP); Takayuki Gunji (Otawara Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
A61B8/5292A61B8/0825A61B8/4245A61B8/4254A61B8/4416A61B8/46A61B8/463A61B8/465A61B8/5207G06T11/60G06T2210/41
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Patent No.
US 10,492,764
App. No.
15/803,897
Granted
Dec 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a selection unit, and a display control unit. The acquisition unit acquires a medical image accompanied by supplementary information indicating a site. The selection unit selects one of a plurality of instruction instruments each corresponding to a site. The display control unit displays the medical image, the instruction instrument, and an ultrasound image together on a display. Upon receipt of a change instruction to change either the instruction instrument or the medical image, the selection unit newly selects the medical image or the instruction instrument corresponding to the instruction instrument or the medical image after the change. The display control unit displays the instruction instrument or the medical image after the change, the medical image or the instruction instrument newly selected, and the ultrasound image together.

Claims (31)

1. An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus configured to generate an ultrasound image, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

acquire a medical image that is different from the ultrasound image and accompanied by supplementary information indicating a site of a subject;

select a body mark corresponding to the site from a plurality of body marks; and

display the medical image, the selected body mark, and the ultrasound image together on a display, wherein

upon receipt of a change instruction to change one of the body mark and the medical image, the processing circuitry is further configured to newly select another of the medical image and the body mark to correspond to the one of the body mark and the medical image that has been changed, and

the processing circuitry is further configured to display the one of the body mark and the medical image that has been changed, the another of the medical image and the body mark newly selected, and the ultrasound image together on the display.

2. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the supplementary information indicates a left or a right of the site, and

the processing circuitry is further configured to select the body mark corresponding to the left or the right of the site, and, upon receipt of the change instruction, newly select the other of the medical image and the body mark to correspond to the left or the right of the site that has been changed.

3. A medical image processing apparatus, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

acquire an ultrasound image and a medical image that is different from the ultrasound image and accompanied by supplementary information indicating a site of a subject;

select a body mark corresponding to the site from a plurality of body marks; and

display the medical image, the body mark, and the ultrasound image together on a display, wherein

upon receipt of a change instruction to change one of the body mark and the medical image, the processing circuitry is further configured to newly select another of the medical image and the body mark to correspond to the one of the body mark and the medical image that has been changed, and

the processing circuitry is further configured to display the one of the body mark and the medical image that has been changed, the another of the medical image and the body mark newly selected, and the ultrasound image together on the display.

4. The medical image processing apparatus of claim 3 , wherein

the medical image contains a plurality of sites,

the supplementary information is associated with a plurality of display ranges in the medical image, and

the processing circuitry is further configured to specify a site in a particular display range of the medical image based on the plurality of display ranges and the supplementary information, and select the body mark corresponding to the specified site in the particular display range, and, upon receipt of a change instruction to change the particular display range, newly select the body mark corresponding to the particular display range that has been changed.

5. The medical image processing apparatus of claim 3 , wherein

the medical image contains a plurality of sites,

the supplementary information is associated with a plurality of display ranges in the medical image, and

the processing circuitry is further configured to specify a site in a particular display range of the medical image based on the plurality of display ranges and the supplementary information, and select the body mark corresponding to the specified site in the particular display range, and, upon receipt of the change instruction, newly select a new display range corresponding to the body mark that has been changed.

6. A medical image processing method, comprising:

acquiring an ultrasound image and a medical image that is different from the ultrasound image and accompanied by supplementary information indicating a site of a subject;

selecting a body mark corresponding to the site from a plurality of body marks;

displaying the medical image, the body mark, and the ultrasound image together on a display,

newly selecting, upon receipt of a change instruction to change one of the body mark and the medical image, another of the medical image and the body mark to correspond to the one of the body mark and the medical image that has been changed, and

displaying the one of the body mark and the medical image that has been changed, the another of the medical image and the body mark newly selected, and the ultrasound image together on the display.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 26, 2019
From: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049879/0342 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2017
From: OOMORI, YOSHIHIRO; TANAKA, GO; GOTO, EIJI; NAKAJIMA, OSAMU; GUNJI, TAKAYUKI
To: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044036/0167 →