Image processing apparatus, medical image diagnostic apparatus, and blood pressure monitor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10140700-B2
Application number	US-201514622702-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2015
Priority date	Aug 16, 2012
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

According to embodiment, an image processing apparatus comprising a specifying unit and a display controller. The specifying unit that specifies an acquisition position of an indicator relating to blood flow on a blood vessel-containing image collected by a medical image diagnostic apparatus. The display controller that displays the acquisition position on the blood vessel-containing image and displays the indicator on a display unit in association with the acquisition position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry configured to
specify an acquisition position of an indicator relating to blood flow on a blood vessel-containing image collected by a medical image diagnostic apparatus, and
cause a display to display the acquisition position on the blood vessel-containing image and to display the indicator in association with the acquisition position, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to
specify a position of a pressure sensor that is inserted into a subject from each of a plurality of X-ray images selected from a series of X-ray images for the subject, and specify a position on a reference X-ray image of the subject that corresponds to the position of the pressure sensor based on displacement of the position of the pressure sensor on the X-ray image, and
cause the display to display a mark indicating an indicator derived from output of the pressure sensor or a value indicating the indicator on the reference X-rav image in a superimposed manner in accordance with a specified position on the reference X-ray image.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to
specify respective acquisition positions of a plurality of indicators that have been acquired sequentially at different time phases on respective blood vessel-containing images that correspond to time phases at the time of acquisition,
specify corresponding positions on a blood vessel-containing image at a predetermined time phase for the acquisition positions specified on the respective blood vessel-containing images that correspond to the time phases at the time of acquisition, and
cause the display to display the indicators in association with respective specified positions.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to
calculate a pixel movement amount between images at different time phases, and
specify the corresponding positions on the blood vessel-containing image at the predetermined time phase for the respective acquisition positions by using the pixel movement amount.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to
extract a blood vessel-containing image that corresponds to a time phase at the time of acquisition from a time-series blood vessel-containing image group collected by the medical image diagnostic apparatus, and
specify a front end of a tool used for the acquisition by image analysis of the blood vessel-containing image so as to specify the acquisition position.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to cause the display to display the indicator in association with an acquisition position specified on a blood vessel-containing image previously collected by the medical image diagnostic apparatus or an acquisition position specified on a blood vessel-containing image collected by the medical image diagnostic apparatus in real time.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to cause the display to display structural information extracted from a contrast blood vessel-containing image on a non-contrast blood vessel-containing image in a superimposed manner when the acquisition position is displayed on the non-contrast blood vessel-containing image.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to
determine necessity of treatment of a stenosis site based on the indicator relating to the blood flow, and
cause the display to display a determination result of the necessity of the treatment in association with the acquisition position.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to
determine a treatment state by analyzing the blood vessel-containing image, and
cause the display to display a determination result of the treatment state in association with the acquisition position.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to
predict improvement of ischemia with treatment based on the indicator relating to the blood flow, and
cause the display to display the blood vessel-containing image and an image indicating a degree of ischemia, and to display a prediction result on the image indicating the degree of ischemia.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to
select an X-ray image that is used for specifying the position of the pressure sensor from the series of X-ray images.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to select an X-ray image that is used for specifying the position of the pressure sensor from the series of X-ray images based on a cardiac phase at the time of acquiring of the reference X-ray image.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to select, as the X-ray image that is used for specifying the position of the pressure sensor, an X-ray image generated at substantially the same cardiac phase timing as the cardiac phase at the time of acquiring of the reference X-ray image.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mark or the value has a color corresponding to the indicator.

14. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mark or the value is superimposed on the reference X-ray image cumulatively.

15. A medical image diagnostic apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry configured to
acquire a blood vessel-containing image of a subject,
specify an acquisition position of an indicator relating to blood flow on the blood vessel-containing image, and
cause a display to display the acquisition position on the blood vessel-containing image and to display the indicator in association with the acquisition position, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to
specify a position of a pressure sensor that is inserted into a subject from each of a plurality of X-ray images selected from a series of X-ray images for the subject, and specify a position on a reference X-ray image of the subject that corresponds to the position of the pressure sensor based on displacement of the position of the pressure sensor on the X-ray image, and
cause the display to display a mark indicating an indicator derived from output of the pressure sensor or a value indicating the indicator on the reference X-ray image in a superimposed manner in accordance with a specified position on the reference X-ray image.

16. An image processing method comprising:
specifying an acquisition position of an indicator relating to blood flow on a blood vessel-containing image collected by a medical image diagnostic apparatus;
causing a display to display the acquisition position on the blood vessel-containing image and to display the indicator in association with the acquisition position;
specifying a position of a pressure sensor that is inserted into a subject from each of a plurality of X-ray images selected from a series of X-ray images for the subject, and specifying a position on a reference X-ray image of the subject that corresponds to the position of the pressure sensor based on displacement of the position of the pressure sensor on the X-ray image; and
causing the display to display a

Assignees

• Toshiba Medical Sys Corp

Inventors

• Takahashi Akihito
• Wakai Satoshi
• Sakaguchi Takuya

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• G16H50/30

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