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US 12,402,861 · App. 17/939,135 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Medical system and control method for medical system

Inventors: Ryota Sasai (Tokyo, JP); Toshiyuki Mori (Mitaka, JP); Takeaki Ishizawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
A61B8/5207A61B8/46G01S7/52053
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Patent No.
US 12,402,861
App. No.
17/939,135
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A medical system includes: an endoscope; an ultrasonic probe; and a control device that is connected to the endoscope and the ultrasonic probe, generates a display image from a captured image acquired by the endoscope, and generates an echo image from an ultrasonic wave acquired by the ultrasonic probe, wherein the control device acquires a first echo image in which a target tissue is displayed on a central axis, acquires a second echo image obtained by scanning a cross section different from the first echo image at a reference position of the ultrasonic probe from which the first echo image was acquired, and compares a central axis of the second echo image with a position of the target tissue in the second echo image.

Claims (61)

1. A control apparatus for use in a medical system, the control apparatus comprising:

a processor comprising hardware, the processor being configured to:

acquire a first echo image from a first ultrasonic wave acquired by an ultrasonic probe in which a target tissue is displayed on a central axis,

acquire a second echo image from a second ultrasonic wave acquired by the ultrasonic probe obtained by scanning a cross section different from the first echo image at a reference position of the ultrasonic probe from which the first echo image was acquired, and

compare a central axis of the second echo image with a position of the target tissue in the second echo image;

wherein the processor is configured to detect a difference in the position of the target tissue in the second echo image with respect to the central axis of the second echo image.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to compare the difference with a predetermined threshold value.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, in a case where the difference is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold value, the processor is configured to:

generate a display image from a captured image acquired by an endoscope, and

display a guide image on the display image based on the difference.

4. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

generate a display image from a captured image acquired by an endoscope, and

calculate the reference position in the display image based on a display image obtained from the first echo image.

5. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

receive an instruction input to the ultrasonic probe;

acquire the first echo image based on the instruction, and

acquire the second echo image based on the instruction.

6. A control apparatus for use in a medical system, the control apparatus comprising:

a processor comprising hardware, the processor being configured to:

acquire a first echo image from a first ultrasonic wave acquired by an ultrasonic probe in which a target tissue is displayed,

calculate a reference position based on a position of the target tissue in the first echo image,

acquire a second echo image from a second ultrasonic wave acquired by the ultrasonic probe obtained by scanning a cross section different from the first echo image at the reference position, and

compare a central axis of the second echo image with a position of the target tissue in the second echo image;

wherein the processor is configured to detect a difference in the position of the target tissue in the second echo image with respect to the central axis of the second echo image.

7. A control apparatus for use in a medical system, the control apparatus comprising:

a processor comprising hardware, the processor being configured to:

acquire a first echo image from a first ultrasonic wave acquired by an ultrasonic probe in which a target tissue is displayed,

acquire a second echo image from a second ultrasonic wave acquired by the ultrasonic probe obtained by scanning a cross section different from the first echo image, and

compare a position of the target tissue in the first echo image with a position of the target tissue in the second echo image;

wherein the processor is configured to detect a difference in the position of the target tissue in the second echo image with respect to the position of the target tissue in the first echo image.

8. The control apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to:

calculate a reference position based on the position of the target tissue in the first echo image, and

acquire the second echo image obtained by scanning a cross section different from the first echo image at the reference position.

9. A control method comprising:

acquiring a first echo image from a first ultrasonic wave acquired by an ultrasonic probe in which a target tissue is displayed on a central axis,

acquiring a second echo image from a second ultrasonic wave acquired by the ultrasonic probe obtained by scanning a cross section different from the first echo image at a reference position of the ultrasonic probe from which the first echo image was acquired, and

comparing a central axis of the second echo image with a position of the target tissue in the second echo image; and

detecting a difference in the position of the target tissue in the second echo image with respect to the position of the target tissue in the first echo image.

10. A medical system comprising:

the control apparatus according to claim 1 ;

an endoscope; and

the ultrasonic probe.

11. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

generate a display image from a captured image acquired by an endoscope, and

superimpose a reference position image on the reference position with respect to the display image.

12. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the reference position is a center of a treatment portion of the ultrasonic probe.

13. A medical system comprising:

the control apparatus according to claim 6 ;

an endoscope; and

an ultrasonic probe.

14. The control apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to:

generate a display image from a captured image acquired by an endoscope, and

superimpose a reference position image on the reference position with respect to the display image.

15. A medical system comprising:

the control apparatus according to claim 7 ;

an endoscope; and

an ultrasonic probe.

16. The control apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

generate a display image from a captured image acquired by an endoscope, and

superimpose a reference position image on the reference position with respect to the display image.

17. The control method according to claim 9 , further comprising detecting a difference in the position of the target tissue in the second echo image with respect to the central axis of the second echo image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2022
From: SASAI, RYOTA; MORI, TOSHIYUKI; ISHIZAWA, TAKEAKI
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061010/0954 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020010473 · Mar 11, 2020
Related Publication 20230026537A1 · Jan 26, 2023
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