IP Library Granted Patent US 10,242,445
Granted Patent B2
US 10,242,445 · App. 15/913,982 · Granted Mar 26, 2019

Dynamic analysis apparatus and dynamic analysis system

Inventors: Akinori Tsunomori (Kodaira, JP); Koichi Fujiwara (Osaka, JP); Sho Noji (Kokubunji, JP); Hitoshi Futamura (Hachioji, JP); Satoshi Kasai (Hachioji, JP)
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
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Patent No.
US 10,242,445
App. No.
15/913,982
Granted
Mar 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dynamic analysis apparatus may include a setting section which sets a target region in a lung region of a chest dynamic image; a conversion section which calculates a representative value of a pixel signal value in the target region, and converts the pixel signal value; an extraction section which extracts a pulmonary blood flow signal from the image; and a calculation section which calculates a change in the pulmonary blood flow signal, and calculates a feature amount regarding pulmonary blood flow. The setting section may determine a size of the target region based on a size of a body part other than a lung blood vessel, a movement amount of a body part other than the lung blood vessel or subject information of the chest dynamic image, the subject information regarding a subject of the radiation imaging, and the setting section may set the target region.

Claims (15)

1. A dynamic analysis apparatus, comprising:

a setting section which sets a target region in a lung region of a chest dynamic image which is obtained by radiation imaging;

a conversion section which calculates a representative value of a pixel signal value in the target region set by the setting section, and converts the pixel signal value in the target region on the basis of the calculated representative value;

an extraction section which extracts a pulmonary blood flow signal from the chest dynamic image after conversion by the conversion section; and

a calculation section which calculates a change amount of the pulmonary blood flow signal extracted by the extraction section, and calculates a feature amount regarding pulmonary blood flow on the basis of the calculated change amount of the pulmonary blood flow signal wherein

the extraction section extracts the pulmonary blood flow signal by a method using machine learning.

2. The dynamic analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the extraction section extracts the pulmonary blood flow signal by subtracting a signal waveform of a ventilation component generated by using machine learning from a temporal change waveform showing a temporal change of the pixel signal value in the chest dynamic image after conversion by the conversion section.

3. The dynamic analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the calculation section calculates, as the change amount of the pulmonary blood flow signal, a difference value of the pixel signal value between frame images generated by extracting the pulmonary blood flow signal by the extraction section, and the calculation section calculates, as a feature amount regarding a speed of the pulmonary blood flow, a cycle, a time required from a maximum point to a minimum point or a differential value of a temporal change of the calculated difference value between the frame images.

4. The dynamic analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the calculation section calculates, as the change amount of the pulmonary blood flow signal, a difference value of the pixel signal value between frame images generated by extracting the pulmonary blood flow signal by the extraction section, and the calculation section calculates, as a feature amount regarding an amount of the pulmonary blood flow, a maximum value, a minimum value or a rate between the maximum value and the minimum value of a temporal change of the calculated difference value between the frame images.

5. The dynamic analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the calculation section calculates, as the change amount of the pulmonary blood flow signal, a difference value of the pixel signal value between frame images generated by extracting the pulmonary blood flow signal by the extraction section, identifies a change direction of the pulmonary blood flow signal on the basis of the calculated difference value between the frame images, and calculates the identified direction as a feature amount regarding a direction of the pulmonary blood flow.

6. The dynamic analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a comparison section which compares the feature amount regarding the pulmonary blood flow calculated by the calculation section or a waveform showing a temporal change of the pulmonary blood flow signal between two or more regions in the lung region.

7. A dynamic analysis system, comprising:

an imaging apparatus which obtains a chest dynamic image by performing radiation imaging of a dynamic state at a chest of a human body; and

the dynamic analysis apparatus according to claim 1 .

8. The dynamic analysis system according to claim 7 , further comprising a display section which displays an analysis result by the dynamic analysis apparatus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2018
From: TSUNOMORI, AKINORI; FUJIWARA, KOICHI; NOJI, SHO; FUTAMURA, HITOSHI; KASAI, SATOSHI
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation 15145137 · May 3, 2016
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