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US 11,925,503 · App. 17/087,496 · Granted Mar 12, 2024

Shear wave elasticity imaging method and ultrasonic imaging device

Inventors: Shuangshuang Li (Shenzhen, CN); Mengling Xu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
A61B8/08A61B8/14A61B8/461A61B8/485
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Patent No.
US 11,925,503
App. No.
17/087,496
Granted
Mar 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Shear wave elasticity imaging methods and ultrasound imaging devices are provided. The method may include: generating a shear wave in a target area of an object being examined; transmitting a first ultrasonic wave to the target area and receiving first echo data; determining an elasticity parameter of the target area according to the first echo data; obtaining a motion parameter of the target area; and displaying the elasticity parameter and the motion parameter.

Claims (35)

1. A shear wave elasticity imaging method, comprising:

transmitting a first ultrasound wave to a target area of an object being examined to track a shear wave propagating in the target area;

receiving an ultrasound echo of the first ultrasound wave returned from the target area to obtain a first echo data;

obtaining an elasticity parameter of the target area according to the first echo data;

obtaining a motion parameter that represents a motion of the target area, wherein obtaining the motion parameter comprising:

obtaining at least two frames of ultrasound images of the target area according to the first echo data; and

obtaining a displacement of a tissue in the target area according to the at least two frames of ultrasound images; and

displaying the elasticity parameter and the motion parameter.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating an elasticity image according to the elasticity parameter; and

generating a motion image according to the motion parameter;

wherein displaying the elasticity parameter and the motion parameter comprises:

displaying the elasticity image and the motion image.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the motion parameter that represents the motion of the target area comprises:

detecting a respiratory motion of the object being examined to obtain a respiratory parameter.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

generating a respiratory parameter curve according to the respiratory parameter.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating a displacement curve according to the displacement of the tissue in the target area.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the displacement of the tissue in the target area according to the at least two frames of ultrasound images comprises:

determining an area to be matched from a first frame of ultrasound image of the at least two frames of ultrasound images;

determining a matching area that matches the area to be matched from a second frame of ultrasound image of the at least two frames of ultrasound images; and

obtaining the displacement according to the area to be matched and the matching area.

7. The method of claim 1 , before transmitting the first ultrasound wave to the target area of the object being examined, further comprising:

generating the shear wave that propagates in the target area.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a reliability of the elasticity parameter according to the motion parameter.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein determining the reliability of the elasticity parameter according to the motion parameter comprises:

comparing the motion parameter with a first preset condition, and when the motion parameter meets the first preset condition, determining that the elasticity parameter or elasticity image obtained when the motion parameter meets the first preset condition has high reliability.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

outputting a first prompt, wherein the first prompt is used for prompting that the elasticity parameter or elasticity image obtained when the motion parameter meets the first preset condition has high reliability.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein determining the reliability of the elasticity parameter according to the motion parameter comprises:

comparing the motion parameter with a second preset condition, and when the motion parameter meets the second preset condition, determining that the elasticity parameter or elasticity image obtained when the motion parameter meets the second preset condition has low reliability.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

outputting a second prompt, wherein the second prompt is used for prompting that the elasticity parameter or elasticity image obtained when the motion parameter meets the second preset condition has low reliability.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2020
From: LI, SHUANGSHUANG; XU, MENGLING
To: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018085461 · May 3, 2018
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