METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ULTRASOUND
    1.
    发明申请
    METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ULTRASOUND 审中-公开
    用于生成超声波的方法,装置和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20140371774A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-18

    申请号:US14196901

    申请日:2014-03-04

    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided to generate an ultrasound to be transmitted from an ultrasound irradiation device. The apparatus and the method include acquiring a medical image including anatomical information about a subject, and calculating characteristics of a tissue in the subject, which may affect propagation of the ultrasound based on the medical image. The apparatus and method also determine a parameter of the ultrasound to create a focal point on the subject using the calculated characteristics, and generate the ultrasound according to the determined parameter.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种装置和方法来产生要从超声波照射装置传送的超声波。 该装置和方法包括获取包括关于受试者的解剖学信息的医学图像,以及计算可能影响基于医学图像的超声波传播的对象中的组织的特征。 该装置和方法还确定超声的参数,以使用所计算的特征在对象上创建焦点,并根据确定的参数生成超声波。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL IMAGES
    2.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL IMAGES 审中-公开
    执行医学图像注册的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20140235998A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-21

    申请号:US14177897

    申请日:2014-02-11

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing registration of medical images includes mapping a virtual coordinate system used by a first medical apparatus and a virtual coordinate system used by a second medical apparatus to one another. The coordinate systems are associated with a real-time medical image captured by the first medical apparatus and a three-dimensional (3D) medical image previously captured by the second medical apparatus, respectively. The method further includes detecting a position of a probe of the first medical apparatus from a coordinate system used by the second medical apparatus, based on a result of the mapping, determining a volume image corresponding to the detected position of the probe from the previously captured 3D medical image, and extracting from the determined volume image a cross-sectional image corresponding to the real-time medical image, where the real-time medical image changes according to a patient's physical movement.

    Abstract translation: 用于执行医学图像的登记的方法和装置包括将由第一医疗装置使用的虚拟坐标系和由第二医疗装置使用的虚拟坐标系彼此映射。 坐标系分别与第一医疗装置捕获的实时医学图像和先前由第二医疗装置捕获的三维(3D)医学图像相关联。 该方法还包括基于映射的结果从第二医疗设备使用的坐标系检测第一医疗设备的探针的位置,从先前捕获的确定与检测到的探测位置对应的体积图像 3D医学图像,以及从确定的体积图像中提取与实时医学图像相对应的横截面图像,其中实时医学图像根据患者的身体运动而改变。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING COLOR IMAGE AND DEPTH IMAGE OF OBJECT BY USING SINGLE FILTER
    3.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING COLOR IMAGE AND DEPTH IMAGE OF OBJECT BY USING SINGLE FILTER 审中-公开
    用单色滤光片产生彩色图像和对象深度图像的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20150022545A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-22

    申请号:US14291759

    申请日:2014-05-30

    Abstract: An apparatus for generating an image representing an object is provided. The apparatus may include a filtering unit configured to acquire first light of a first wavelength band and second light of a second wavelength band, which are included in light reflected from the object, by using a single filter; a sensing unit configured to convert both the first light and the second light into charges or convert only the second light into charges; a first image generating unit configured to generate a first image representing the object by correcting color values corresponding to the charges into which the first light and the second light have been converted; and a second image generating unit configured to generate a second image representing the object by using the charges into which the second light has been converted.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于生成表示对象的图像的装置。 该装置可以包括:滤波单元,被配置为通过使用单个滤波器来获取包含在从物体反射的光中的第一波长带的第一光和第二波长带的第二光; 感测单元,被配置为将所述第一光和所述第二光转换成电荷或仅将所述第二光转换为电荷; 第一图像生成单元,被配置为通过校正与已经转换了第一光和第二光的电荷对应的颜色值来生成表示对象的第一图像; 以及第二图像生成单元,被配置为通过使用已经转换了第二光的电荷来生成表示对象的第二图像。

    METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR SEGMENTING IMAGE OF OBJECT FROM IMAGE OF ORGAN
    4.
    发明申请
    METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR SEGMENTING IMAGE OF OBJECT FROM IMAGE OF ORGAN 有权
    方法,装置和医学成像系统,用于从物体图像中分离对象的图像

    公开(公告)号:US20140119625A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-01

    申请号:US13949898

    申请日:2013-07-24

    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a computer readable recording medium, and a medical imaging system are provided for segmenting an image of an object from an image of an organ. The method includes: generating a reference model of the object by using a priori knowledge related to the object of the organ; determining whether the first image includes a first area in which a shape of the object is unidentified; and in response to determining that the first image excludes the first area, segmenting a second image of the object from the first image, and in response to determining that the first image includes the first area, estimating a progression direction of the first area from the reference model to segment the second image from the first image.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种方法,装置,计算机可读记录介质和医学成像系统,用于从器官的图像分割物体的图像。 该方法包括:通过使用与器官对象有关的先验知识来生成对象的参照模型; 确定所述第一图像是否包括所述对象的形状不明的第一区域; 并且响应于确定所述第一图像排除所述第一区域,从所述第一图像分割所述对象的第二图像,并且响应于确定所述第一图像包括所述第一区域,从所述第一区域估计所述第一区域的行进方向 参考模型从第一个图像分割第二个图像。

    METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING DEFORMATION OF ORGAN DURING RESPIRATION CYCLE
    6.
    发明申请
    METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING DEFORMATION OF ORGAN DURING RESPIRATION CYCLE 审中-公开
    用于跟踪呼吸循环期间组织变形的方法,装置和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20140316247A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-23

    申请号:US14084191

    申请日:2013-11-19

    Abstract: A method and apparatus of tracking a change in a region of interest in an subject according to respiration are provided. For example, an apparatus embodiment may include a model selector configured to select a model from among models of a region of interest of an subject generated to indicate a change in a region of interest during a respiration cycle of the subject, a respiration signal obtainer configured to obtaining a respiration signal of the region of interest by using ultrasound images including the region of interest obtained during the respiration cycle of the subject, and an information obtainer configured to obtain information regarding the region of interest at a time when the ultrasound images are obtained, from the selected model, by using the obtained respiration signal.

    Abstract translation: 提供了根据呼吸跟踪受试者感兴趣区域的变化的方法和装置。 例如,装置实施例可以包括模型选择器,其被配置为从所生成的对象的感兴趣区域的模型中选择模型,以指示在对象的呼吸循环期间的感兴趣区域的变化,配置的呼吸信号获取器 通过使用包括在被检体的呼吸循环期间获得的感兴趣区域的超声波图像来获得感兴趣区域的呼吸信号,以及信息获取器,被配置为获得关于获得超声图像时的感兴趣区域的信息 ,从所选择的模型中,通过使用获得的呼吸信号。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL IMAGE REGISTRATION
    7.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL IMAGE REGISTRATION 有权
    医学图像注册的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20140212014A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-31

    申请号:US14163234

    申请日:2014-01-24

    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for registering images having different modalities. The medical image registration method includes performing, at an initial register, multi-modality registration of a reference image from a plurality of first images captured during a first breathing period and a second image; performing, at the initial register, single-modality registration of the reference image and each of the other first images; generating registration images between the plurality of first images and the second image based on the multi-modality registration and the single-modality registration; acquiring a third image captured after the first breathing period; and detecting an image corresponding to the third image from the registration images.

    Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于登记具有不同模态的图像的方法和装置。 医疗图像登记方法包括:在初始登记处,从在第一呼吸期间和第二图像中捕获的多个第一图像中进行参考图像的多模态登记; 在初始寄存器处执行参考图像和每个其它第一图像的单模态注册; 基于多模态注册和单模态注册,在多个第一图像和第二图像之间生成登记图像; 获取在第一呼吸期之后捕获的第三图像; 以及从所述登记图像检测与所述第三图像相对应的图像。

    METHOD OF COOLING ULTRASOUND TREATMENT APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND TREATMENT APPARATUS USING THE SAME
    8.
    发明申请
    METHOD OF COOLING ULTRASOUND TREATMENT APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND TREATMENT APPARATUS USING THE SAME 审中-公开
    使用该方法冷却超声处理装置和超声处理装置

    公开(公告)号:US20140200488A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-17

    申请号:US14072416

    申请日:2013-11-05

    Abstract: An ultrasound treatment apparatus includes a transducer configured to irradiate ultrasound waves onto an object, and a membrane disposed in an irradiation direction of the ultrasound waves and to form, with the transducer, a space in which a cooling fluid circulates. The apparatus further includes a first temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a skin of a patient contacting the membrane, and a second temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the transducer. The apparatus further includes a cooling unit configured to circulate the cooling fluid based on the measured temperatures.

    Abstract translation: 超声波处理装置包括:被配置为将超声波照射到物体上的换能器和沿着超声波的照射方向设置的膜,并且与换能器一起形成冷却流体循环的空间。 该装置还包括构造成测量接触膜的患者的皮肤的温度的第一温度传感器和被配置成测量换能器的温度的第二温度传感器。 该装置还包括冷却单元,其构造成基于测量的温度循环冷却流体。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTING CHANGES IN SHAPE AND LOCATION OF ORGAN IN RESPIRATION CYCLE
    10.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTING CHANGES IN SHAPE AND LOCATION OF ORGAN IN RESPIRATION CYCLE 有权
    在呼吸循环中表达组织形态和位置变化的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20140218359A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-07

    申请号:US14093866

    申请日:2013-12-02

    Abstract: Provided is a method of generating a model, the method including generating a first model representing a change in the location or the shape of the region of interest during the respiration cycle, using diagnostic images that are obtained at two points of time in the respiration cycle and that represent the region of interest; extracting shape information of one or more tissues included in the region of interest at a shape information extractor, using a 3D ultrasound image that is obtained at one point of time in the respiration cycle; determining a characteristic point of the 3D ultrasound image corresponding to a characteristic point of the first model by matching the first model with the extracted shape information; and generating a second model by updating the first model with the determined characteristic point.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种生成模型的方法,该方法包括使用在呼吸循环中的两个时间点获得的诊断图像来生成表示呼吸周期内的感兴趣区域的位置或形状的变化的第一模型 代表感兴趣的地区; 使用在呼吸循环中的一个时间点获得的3D超声图像,在形状信息提取器中提取包含在感兴趣区域中的一个或多个组织的形状信息; 通过将所述第一模型与所提取的形状信息进行匹配来确定与所述第一模型的特征点相对应的所述3D超声图像的特征点; 以及通过用所确定的特征点更新所述第一模型来生成第二模型。

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