Image processing system, X-ray diagnostic apparatus, and image processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9747689-B2
Application number	US-201514663272-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2015
Priority date	Sep 20, 2012
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

An image processing system according to an embodiment includes a first aligning unit, an output unit, a second aligning unit, and a display unit. The first aligning unit aligns first three-dimensional medical image data with second three-dimensional medical image data. The output unit outputs, as output data, data obtained by adding alignment information to the first three-dimensional medical image data and to the second three-dimensional medical image data or synthetic data obtained by aligning and synthesizing the first three-dimensional medical image data with the second three-dimensional medical image data. The second aligning unit receives the output data and aligns the second three-dimensional medical image data with one or a plurality of pieces of X-ray image data. The display unit displays image data obtained by aligning the first three-dimensional medical image data with X-ray image data based on an alignment result.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image processing system comprising:
first aligning circuitry that aligns first three-dimensional medical image data with second three-dimensional medical image data, the first three-dimensional medical image data and the second three-dimensional medical image data being obtained by capturing a certain tissue of a subject;
output circuitry that outputs, as output data,
data obtained by adding alignment information to the first three-dimensional medical image data and to the second three-dimensional medical image data, or
synthetic data obtained by aligning and synthesizing the first three-dimensional medical image data with the second three-dimensional medical image data;

second aligning circuitry that receives the output data and aligns the second three-dimensional medical image data with one or a plurality of pieces of X-ray image data, the X-ray image data being obtained by capturing the certain tissue of the subject in one or a plurality of capturing directions, and corresponding to the respective capturing directions; and
a display that displays image data obtained by aligning the first three-dimensional medical image data with the X-ray image data of the certain tissue based on an alignment result of the first aligning circuitry and the second aligning circuitry,

wherein
the first three-dimensional medical image data is three-dimensional medical image data in which motion of the certain tissue is analyzable;
the second three-dimensional medical image data is three-dimensional medical image data visualizing a specific tissue identifiable in X-ray image data;
the one or the plurality of pieces of X-ray image data on which alignment is performed by the second aligning circuitry are one or a plurality of pieces of X-ray contrast enhanced image data obtained by contrast enhanced radiography of the certain tissue or one or a plurality of pieces of X-ray image data obtained by capturing the specific tissue into which an instrument is inserted;
the second aligning circuitry acquires three-dimensional position information of the specific tissue in a three-dimensional capturing space of the X-ray image data based on an alignment result of the second three-dimensional medical image data with the one or the plurality of pieces of X-ray image data; and
the display displays image data obtained by aligning
the first three-dimensional medical image data or analysis image data generated by analyzing the first three-dimensional medical image data with the X-ray image data of the certain tissue, based on the three-dimensional position information of the specific tissue and based on a relative positional relation between the first three-dimensional medical image data and the second three-dimensional medical image data.

2. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the display displays a projection image obtained by projecting the specific tissue on the one or the plurality of pieces of X-ray image data when the second three-dimensional medical image data is arranged in the three-dimensional capturing space, and
the second aligning circuitry acquires the three-dimensional position information based on an operation for associating a position of the projection image with a position corresponding to the specific tissue in the one or the plurality of pieces of X-ray image data performed by an operator who refers to the display.

3. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein, when performing the alignment on the plurality of pieces of the X-ray image data, the second aligning circuitry aligns the second three-dimensional medical image data with three-dimensional X-ray image data reconstructed from the plurality of pieces of X-ray image data by performing pattern matching between a plurality of pieces of three-dimensional image data.

4. The image processing system according to claim 3 , wherein the second aligning circuitry aligns a three-dimensional region of interest set in the second three-dimensional medical image data with a three-dimensional region of interest set in the three-dimensional X-ray image data.

5. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein, the output circuitry configures, when outputting the synthetic data as the output data, the synthetic data as data having specific information
being capable of switching of display and non-display of the first three-dimensional medical image data and the second three-dimensional medical image data, and
being separable.

6. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the output circuitry outputs, as the output data,
data obtained by adding alignment information to analysis image data that is an analysis result of the first three-dimensional medical image data and to the second three-dimensional medical image data, or
synthetic data obtained by aligning and synthesizing the analysis image data with the second three-dimensional medical image data.

7. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the first three-dimensional medical image data is three-dimensional ultrasound image data and the second three-dimensional medical image data is three-dimensional X-ray computed tomography (CT) image data or three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image data.

8. An X-ray diagnostic apparatus comprising:
second aligning circuitry that receives, as output data obtained based on an alignment result of first aligning circuitry,
data obtained by adding alignment information to first three-dimensional medical image data and to second three-dimensional medical image data, the first three-dimensional medical image data and the second three-dimensional medical image data obtained by capturing a certain tissue of a subject, or
synthetic data obtained by aligning and synthesizing the first three-dimensional medical image data with the second three-dimensional medical image data,

and that aligns the second three-dimensional medical image data with one or a plurality of pieces of X-ray image data obtained by capturing the certain tissue of the subject in one or a plurality of capturing directions, the X-ray image data corresponding to the respective capturing directions; and
a display that displays image data obtained by aligning the first three-dimensional medical image data with X-ray image data of the certain tissue, based on an alignment result of the first aligning circuitry and the second aligning circuitry, wherein
the first three-dimensional medical image data is three-dimensional medical image data in which motion of the certain tissue is analyzable;
the second three-dimensional medical image data is three-dimensional medical image data visualizing a specific tissue identifiable in X-ray image data;
the one or the plurality of pieces of X-ray image data on which alignment is performed by the second aligning circuitry are one or a plurality of pieces of X-ray contrast enhanced image data obtained by contrast enhanced radiography of the certain tissue or one or a plurality of pieces of X-ray image data obtained by capturing the specific tissue into which an instrument is inserted;
the second aligning circuitry acquires three-dimensional position information of the specific tissue in a three-dimensional capturing space of the X-ray image data based on an alignment result of the second three-dimensional medical image data with the one or the plurality of pieces of X-ray image data; and
the display displays image data obtained by aligning
the first three-dimensional medical image data or analysis image data generated by analyzing the first three-dimensional medical image data with the X-ray image data of the certain tissue, based on the three-dimensional position information of the specific tissue an

Assignees

• Toshiba Medical Sys Corp

Inventors

• Hashimoto Shinichi
• Ohuchi Hiroyuki
• Sakaguchi Takuya
• Fuchigami Ko

Classifications

• G06T7/0024 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• A61B6/5241

  combining overlapping images of the same imaging modality, e.g. by stitching · CPC title

• A61B8/4416

  related to combined acquisition of different diagnostic modalities, e.g. combination of ultrasound and X-ray acquisitions · CPC title

• A61B8/466

  adapted to display 3D data · CPC title

• G06T2207/10116

  X-ray image · CPC title