Display control device and operation method of display control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12048548-B2
Application number	US-202217691385-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2022
Priority date	Mar 17, 2021
Publication date	Jul 30, 2024
Grant date	Jul 30, 2024

Abstract

A display control device includes processing circuitry configured to: obtain an intracardiac electrocardiogram of a subject; generate visualization data representing an excitation state of a myocardium based on the intracardiac electrocardiogram; determine a type of excitation dynamics of the myocardium based on the visualization data; and display, on a stereoscopic image of a heart of the subject, a site from which the intracardiac electrocardiogram is obtained with a color in accordance with a ratio of the determined type of the excitation dynamics.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display control device comprising processing circuitry configured to:
obtain an intracardiac electrocardiogram of a subject for a predetermined time period;
generate visualization data representing excitation states of a myocardium based on the intracardiac electrocardiogram during the predetermined time period;
determine types of excitation dynamics of the myocardium during the predetermined time period based on the visualization data; and
display, on a stereoscopic image of a heart of the subject, a site from which the intracardiac electrocardiogram is obtained with a color in accordance with a ratio of time of the determined types of the excitation dynamics of the myocardium during the predetermined time period.

2. The display control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the type of the excitation dynamics of the myocardium includes a first state (PA) indicating a state in which an excitation wave propagates, a second state (MR) indicating a state in which an excitation wave is rotating around a phase singularity representing a center of turning of the excitation state of the myocardium, and a third state (MW) indicating a state in which a plurality of the phase singularities exist, and
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to display, on the stereoscopic image of the heart of the subject, a site from which the intracardiac electrocardiogram is obtained with a color in accordance with a total ratio of the second state and the third state.

3. The display control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the visualization data is configured by frames for each predetermined time unit, and each of the frames is configured by a plurality of grids, and
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to calculate a total number of excitation grids indicating the excitation state of the myocardium among the plurality of grids constituting the frame, and determine the type of the excitation dynamics of the myocardium based on the total number of the excitation grids for each frame and the total number of the phase singularities.

4. The display control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to obtain, a plurality of times sequentially, an intracardiac electrocardiogram over an entire inside of an atrium of the subject,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to generate the visualization data for each of the obtained intracardiac electrocardiograms,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine the type of the excitation dynamics for each site from which the intracardiac electrocardiogram is obtained, and
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to perform color display on the stereoscopic image of the heart of the subject in accordance with the ratio of the determined type of the excitation dynamics for each site from which the intracardiac electrocardiogram is obtained.

5. An operation method of a display control device, comprising:
obtaining, by an obtaining unit, an intracardiac electrocardiogram of a subject for a predetermined time period;
generating, by a processor, visualization data representing excitation states of a myocardium based on the intracardiac electrocardiogram during the predetermined time period;
determining, by a determination unit, types of excitation dynamics of the myocardium during the predetermined time period based on the visualization data; and
displaying, by a display control unit, on a stereoscopic image of the inside of an atrium of the subject, a site from which the intracardiac electrocardiogram is obtained with color in accordance with a ratio of a time of the determined types of the excitation dynamics of the myocardium during the predetermined time period.

6. The operation method according to claim 5 , wherein:
the ratio of the determined type of the excitation dynamics is a total ratio of a second state (MR) indicating a state in which an excitation wave is rotating around a phase singularity representing a center of turning of the excitation state of the myocardium and a third state (MW) indicating a state in which a plurality of the phase singularities exist.

7. The operation method according to claim 5 , wherein:
the visualization data is configured by frames for each predetermined time unit, and each of the frames is configured by a plurality of grids; and
the determining of the type of excitation dynamics of the myocardium includes calculating a total number of excitation grids indicating the excitation state of the myocardium among the plurality of grids constituting the frame, and determining the type of the excitation dynamics of the myocardium based on the total number of the excitation grids for each frame and the total number of the phase singularities.

Assignees

• Nihon Kohden Corp
• Univ Kobe Nat Univ Corp
• National Univ Corporation Shiga Univ Of Medical Science

Inventors

• Kiuchi Kunihiko
• Ashihara Takashi
• Uchiyama Kaori
• Ota Akio
• Koura Naoki
• Takizawa Koji

Classifications

• A61B5/0245

  by using sensing means generating electric signals, {i.e. ECG signals} · CPC title

• A61B5/308 Primary

  for electrocardiography [ECG] · CPC title

• A61B5/347

  Detecting the frequency distribution of signals · CPC title

• A61B5/343

  Potential distribution indication · CPC title

• A61B5/743

  Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots · CPC title