Ultrasonic image processing system and method and device thereof, ultrasonic diagnostic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10713802-B2
Application number	US-201815889951-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2018
Priority date	Aug 5, 2015
Publication date	Jul 14, 2020
Grant date	Jul 14, 2020

Abstract

An ultrasonic image processing system comprising: a data receiving module for acquiring multiple sets of three-dimensional image data corresponding to a single target tissue; an image analyzing module for dividing, on the basis of any one group of the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data, a target region to obtain a three-dimensional volume structure boundary of the target region, and a safety boundary generated by outward expansion or inward contraction along the three-dimensional volume structure boundary; an image mapping module for establishing a spatial mapping relation between the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data, and according to the spatial mapping relation, mapping the three-dimensional volume structure boundary and the safety boundary of the target region to the other sets of three-dimensional image data; and an image marking module for marking, in a displayed image, corresponding three-dimensional volume structure boundaries and safety boundaries of the target region in the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data, or regions within the three-dimensional volume structure boundaries and safety boundaries. The system is capable of solving the problem in the prior art in which collection, analysis and quantitative display cannot be performed on the ultrasonic images during the treatment process.

First claim

We claim:

1. An ultrasonic image processing system, comprising:
a processor; and
a non-volatile computer readable storage medium storing multiple instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
obtain multiple sets of three-dimensional image data of a same target tissue, wherein the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data comprises at least two sets of three-dimensional image data;
obtain a spatial mapping relationship between the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data;
segment a target area according to any one group of three-dimensional image data of the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data to obtain a boundary of the target area and maps the boundary to other sets of three-dimensional image data according to the spatial mapping relationship;
display at least one displaying image obtained by reconstructing at least one group of three-dimensional image data of said other sets of three-dimensional image data in a display interface; and
mark the boundary or an area within the boundary on the displaying image;
wherein, when obtaining a spatial mapping relationship between the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data, the processor is configured to:
obtain a mapping selection instruction for selecting at least one of the registration method through a prompt box, a button, an instruction input box or a gesture; and
obtain the spatial mapping relationship between the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data using a registration method selected by the mapping selection instruction.

2. The ultrasonic image processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to obtain reconstruction section selection instruction through a prompt box, a button, an instruction input box or a gesture used for selecting at least one reconstruction section, reconstructs a two-dimensional image in a reconstruction section-selected by the reconstruction section selection instruction according to at least one group of three-dimensional image data of said other sets of three-dimensional image data, and displays the two-dimensional image in the display interface.

3. The ultrasonic image processing system of claim 1 ,
wherein the processor is further configured to superimpose an equal-pitch grid auxiliary measurement scale with a predetermined width on the displaying image.

4. The ultrasonic image processing system of claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain a width instruction through a prompt box, a button, an instruction input box or a gesture used for selecting the predetermined width;
adjust a pitch of the equal-pitch grid auxiliary measurement scale according to the width instruction to obtain an adjusted equal-pitch grid auxiliary measurement scale; and
superimpose the adjusted equal-pitch grid auxiliary measurement scale on the displaying image.

5. The ultrasonic image processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to mark the boundary on the displaying image with colors and/or marks the area within the boundary on the displaying image with different transparency.

6. The ultrasonic image processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
segment the target area according to any one group of three-dimensional image data of the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data to obtain the boundary of the target area; and
map the boundary of the target area to other sets of three-dimensional image data with which the spatial mapping relationship has been obtained according to the spatial mapping relationship.

7. The ultrasonic image processing system of claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain a segmentation selection instruction through a prompt box, a button, an instruction input box or a gesture used for selecting at least one image segmentation method; and
segment the target area according to any one group of three-dimensional image data of the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data using an image segmentation method selected by the segmentation selection instruction.

8. The ultrasonic image processing system of claim 1 , wherein, the processor is further configured to display at least one displaying image obtained by reconstructing said any one group of three-dimensional image data in the display interface and mark the boundary or the area within the boundary on the at least one displaying image obtained by reconstructing said any one group of three-dimensional image data, wherein the at least one displaying image obtained by reconstructing said any one group of three-dimensional image data is in a same section with the at least one displaying image obtained by reconstructing any one group of three-dimensional image data of said other sets of three-dimensional image data.

9. The ultrasonic image processing system of claim 1 , wherein the boundary is a structural boundary of three-dimensional volume of the target area and/or a safety boundary generated by expanding outward or retracting inward a structural boundary of three-dimensional volume of the target area.

10. An ultrasonic image processing method, comprising:
obtaining multiple sets of three-dimensional image data of a same target tissue, wherein the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data comprises at least two sets of three-dimensional image data;
obtaining a spatial mapping relationship between the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data;
segmenting a target area according to any one group of three-dimensional image data of the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data to obtain a boundary of the target area and mapping the boundary to other sets of three-dimensional image data according to the spatial mapping relationship;
displaying at least one displaying image obtained by reconstructing at least one group of three-dimensional image data of said other sets of three-dimensional image data in a display interface; and
marking the boundary or an area within the boundary on the displaying image;
wherein obtaining the spatial mapping relationship between the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data comprises:
obtaining a mapping selection instruction for selecting at least one registration method through a prompt box, a button, an instruction input box or a gesture; and
obtaining the spatial mapping relationship between the multiple sets of three-dimensional image data using a registration method selected by the mapping selection instruction.

11. The ultrasonic image processing method of claim 10 , wherein displaying at least one displaying image obtained by reconstructing at least one group of three-dimensional image data of said other sets of three-dimensional image data in a display interface comprises:
obtaining a reconstruction section selection instruction through a prompt box, a button, an instruction input box or a gesture used for selecting at least one reconstruction section; and
reconstructing a two-dimensional image in a reconstruction section selected by the reconstruction section selection instruction according to at least one group of three-dimensional image data of said other sets of three-dimensional image data, and displaying the two-dimensional image in the display interface.

12. The ultrasonic image processing method of claim 10 , wherein displaying at least one displaying image obtained by reconstructing at least one group of three-dimensional image data of said other sets of three-dimensional image data in a display interface comprises:
marking a selected displaying image in the display interface or a selected display region in which multiple displaying images of one group of three-dimensional image data are displayed to ge

Assignees

• Shenzhen Mindray Biomedical Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cong Longfei
• Sun Teng

Classifications

• G06T12/00

  Tomographic reconstruction from projections · CPC title

• A61B8/5215 Primary

  involving processing of medical diagnostic data · CPC title

• G06T2200/04

  involving 3D image data · CPC title

• G06T7/11

  Region-based segmentation · CPC title

• G06T7/174

  involving the use of two or more images · CPC title