JP5162923B2 - 超音波撮像装置 - Google Patents
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Description
本実施例では、図9のフローチャートの1番目の項目の短パルスの送波に対して、2番目の項目の通り受信したエコー信号について、コンボリューション演算によって長波長化する。例えば、短パルスがsin波の2波で、長パルスがsin波の12波の場合について説明する。この場合、大体二つの波数の差の波数、すなわちsin波の10波の波形と、もとの短パルスの間でコンボリューションを取ると、ほぼ、sin12波の波形になる。(コンボリューション演算は前述の式のように、二つの波形をずらしながら、重なりの積分を求めていく操作になるので、幅Taと幅Tbの波形を前後からずらしていくと、重なりが生じる区間はTa+Tbとなり、sin2波とsin10波のコンボリューションの場合はsin12波の波形となる。)このような長波長化処理の例を図10に示す。まず、短パルスの送波パルスに対する受信信号の第1の受波パルスに対して、一律に長波長化の処理を行う。
I=Σ(ci−di)2=(fB−d)(fB−d)T
=fBBTfT−dBTfT−fBdT+ddT
(数4)の条件から(数5)を全てのi(i=1,2,…,m)について求めると(数6)となるので,fは(数7)のように求まる。
∂I/∂fi=0
∂I/∂fi=BiBTfT+fBBi T−dBi T−BidT
=2(fBBi T−dBi T)=0
f=dBT(BBT)−1
このように求めた不整合フィルタの概念によった長波長化フィルタを用いることで、より厳密にエミッションパルス成分を抽出することが出来る。
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- 相変化造影剤投与領域である被検体の対象領域へ、前記対象領域に投与される造影剤の相変化に必要なパルス波数を有する第1超音波信号と、前記第1超音波信号よりも波数の少ない第3超音波信号とを送信する送信手段と、
前記被検体から前記第1超音波信号の照射によって生じる第2超音波信号と、前記第3超音波信号によって生じる第4超音波信号とを受信する受信手段と、
前記第4超音波信号について、波数を前記第2超音波信号と同一にする波数処理を行って、第5超音波信号とし、第2超音波信号と第5超音波信号との差分を、前記第2超音波信号から前記第1超音波信号の基本波パルスと高調波パルスを除去した、エミッションパルスとして算出する計算部とを有する超音波撮像装置。 - 前記計算部はバンドパスフィルタを有することを特徴とする請求項1記載の超音波撮像装置。
- 前記計算部の計算結果に基づいて画像を表示する表示部をさらに有し、前記表示部は、
Bモード像に前記計算部で算出した検出信号に基づく造影像を重ねて表示することを特徴とする請求項1記載の超音波撮像装置。 - 前記送信手段は前記第1超音波信号とBモード像を取得するための超音波信号とを交互に送信することを特徴とする請求項1記載の超音波撮像装置。
- 前記計算部は波長処理部を有し、前記波長処理部は、前記第4の超音波信号の波数と、
前記第4の超音波信号の波数と前記第1の超音波信号との波数の差の波数を有するパルスとのコンボリューション演算を行うことを特徴とする請求項1記載の超音波撮像装置。 - 前記計算部は波長処理部を有し、前記波長処理部は、前記第1の超音波信号を前記第3の超音波信号でデコンボリューションした関数を用いて処理することを特徴とする請求項1記載の超音波撮像装置。
- 前記計算部は波長処理部を有し、前記波長処理部は、前記第4の超音波信号とコンボリューションをとった結果前記第1の超音波信号との自乗誤差を最小とする関数を用いて処理することを特徴とする請求項1記載の超音波撮像装置。
- 前記計算部は波長処理部を有し、前記波長処理部は、不整合フィルタを有することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の超音波撮像装置。
- 前記第3の超音波信号は組織エコーに該当する信号であり、前記第2の超音波信号は前記組織エコーとエミッションパルスとの重ね合わせに該当する信号であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の超音波撮像装置。
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