Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit and receives ultrasonic waves to and from an observation region of an object. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus further includes an estimated image generating unit configured to generate estimated image data corresponding to image data based on an ultrasonic focused beam from image data obtained by transmission of an ultrasonic plane-wave beam by using a model having been machine-learned from learning data including image data obtained by the transmission of the ultrasonic plane-wave beam and image data obtained by the transmission of the ultrasonic focused beam.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasonic image data, an inference unit configured to infer a body mark corresponding to the ultrasonic image data acquired by the acquisition unit, and a display control unit configured to display the body mark inferred by the inference unit together with the ultrasonic image data.

Abstract: An image processing device disclosed in the present specification includes a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, an image obtained by visualizing functional information related to optical characteristics of a subject based on a photoacoustic signal obtained by receiving a photoacoustic wave generated in the subject by irradiating the subject with light, and a correction unit configured to correct the functional information of the image displayed on the display unit based on a first image value of the functional information of the image displayed on the display unit and a second image value of the functional information.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate ultrasound image data on a subject, an inference unit configured to infer at least one measurement condition candidate for the ultrasound image data on the subject using a trained model trained with measurement conditions set for ultrasound image data as supervised data, a measurement condition setting unit configured to set a measurement condition for the ultrasound image data on the subject using the at least one inferred measurement condition candidate, and a measurement unit configured to make a measurement on the ultrasound image data on the subject based on the set measurement condition.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasonic image data, an inference unit configured to infer a body mark corresponding to the ultrasonic image data acquired by the acquisition unit, and a display control unit configured to display the body mark inferred by the inference unit together with the ultrasonic image data.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, comprising: an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves to and from an object; and an estimation calculating unit configured to estimate data based on blood flow information from third data based on a received signal for image generation received by the ultrasonic probe by using a model having been machine-learned from learning data including first data based on a received signal for image generation that is obtained from an observation region and second data based on blood flow information of the observation region.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, comprising: an ultrasonic probe which scans an observation region in an object with an ultrasonic wave; and an estimated image generating unit which, by using a model having been machine-learned using learning data including first data based on a first received signal that is obtained by first transmission/reception of an ultrasonic wave and second data based on a second received signal that is obtained by second transmission/reception that represents a larger number of transmissions/receptions than the first transmission/reception of the ultrasonic wave, generates an estimated image equivalent to image data obtained by the second transmission/reception from third data based on a third received signal that is obtained by transmission/reception equivalent to the first transmission/reception of the ultrasonic wave by the ultrasonic probe.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit and receives ultrasonic waves to and from an observation region of an object. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus further includes an estimated image generating unit configured to generate estimated image data corresponding to image data based on an ultrasonic focused beam from image data obtained by transmission of an ultrasonic plane-wave beam by using a model having been machine-learned from learning data including image data obtained by the transmission of the ultrasonic plane-wave beam and image data obtained by the transmission of the ultrasonic focused beam.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a spectral image acquisition unit configured to acquire a spectral image that is an image generated using photoacoustic signals corresponding to a plurality of different wavelengths, based on photoacoustic waves generated by radiating lights with the plurality of different wavelengths to an object into which a contrast agent has been injected, a contrast agent information acquisition unit configured to acquire information about the contrast agent, a region determination unit configured to determine a region corresponding to the contrast agent in the spectral image on the basis of the information about the contrast agent, and a display control unit configured to display the spectral image such that the region corresponding to the contrast agent is distinguishable from a region other than the region corresponding to the contrast agent.

Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, a medical imaging apparatus, a training device, an ultrasonic image display method, and a storage medium storing a program that can quickly set a region of interest on an ultrasonic image are provided. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic image generation unit configured to generate an ultrasonic image of a subject, an inference unit configured to set, by using a trained model trained with a region of interest set on the ultrasonic image as teaching data, a region of interest on a new generated ultrasonic image, and a display unit configured to display the region of interest set by the inference unit along with the new generated ultrasonic image.

Abstract: An image processing device disclosed in the present specification includes a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, an image obtained by visualizing functional information related to optical characteristics of a subject based on a photoacoustic signal obtained by receiving a photoacoustic wave generated in the subject by irradiating the subject with light, and a correction unit configured to correct the functional information of the image displayed on the display unit based on a first image value of the functional information of the image displayed on the display unit and a second image value of the functional information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first image acquisition unit configured to acquire first image data derived from a photoacoustic wave generated by light irradiation, a position acquisition unit configured to acquire position information indicating a position in the first image data having an image value that is within a predetermined range, a neighborhood position acquisition unit configured to acquire neighborhood position information indicating a neighborhood position neighboring the position based on the position information, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display an image based on the first image data, the position information, and the neighborhood position information.

Abstract: A subject information acquisition apparatus includes a light emission unit, a probe, and image generation unit, and a display control unit. The light emission unit is configured to emit light to a subject. The probe is configured to receive an acoustic wave generated from the subject to which the light is emitted, thereby generating a signal. The image generation unit is configured to generate a plurality of frame images based on signals acquired at a plurality of respective relative positions of the probe to the subject and resulting from acoustic waves from the subject. The display control unit is configured to selectively display images of an area common to consecutive frames in the plurality of frame images at a display unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus uses signals obtained by a plurality of reception units that receive an acoustic wave propagating from a point of interest to acquire object information at the point of interest. The apparatus includes a speed-of-sound acquisition unit that acquires information representing speed of sound on a propagation path of the acoustic wave, a correction unit that acquires a correction amount for the information representing speed of sound and corrects the information representing speed of sound using the correction amount, and an information acquisition unit that determines a propagation time of the acoustic wave by linearly approximating propagation paths from the point of interest to the reception units based on the corrected information and acquires the object information at the point of interest based on the signals and the propagation time.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an incidental information obtaining unit configured to obtain incidental information of a plurality of photoacoustic image data pieces designated based on a user's instruction in a photoacoustic image data set, a type information obtaining unit configured to obtain type information indicating a type of composition image data, and an adaptability acquiring unit configured to acquire, based on the incidental information, an adaptability between a combination of the plurality of photoacoustic image data pieces and computation of the composition image data of the type indicated by the type information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first image acquisition unit configured to acquire first image data derived from a photoacoustic wave generated by light irradiation, a position acquisition unit configured to acquire position information indicating a position in the first image data having an image value that is within a predetermined range, a neighborhood position acquisition unit configured to acquire neighborhood position information indicating a neighborhood position neighboring the position based on the position information, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display an image based on the first image data, the position information, and the neighborhood position information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus uses signals obtained by a plurality of reception units that receive an acoustic wave propagating from a point of interest to acquire object information at the point of interest. The apparatus includes a speed-of-sound acquisition unit that acquires information representing speed of sound on a propagation path of the acoustic wave, a correction unit that acquires a correction amount for the information representing speed of sound and corrects the information representing speed of sound using the correction amount, and an information acquisition unit that determines a propagation time of the acoustic wave by linearly approximating propagation paths from the point of interest to the reception units based on the corrected information and acquires the object information at the point of interest based on the signals and the propagation time.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus according to the present invention includes: a probe including a plurality of transducers that convert an acoustic wave from measurement object to an electrical signal; a positional information acquirer that acquires positional information on the transducers; and a characteristic information acquirer that acquires characteristic information on the measurement object, based on the electrical signal and the positional information, wherein the positional information acquirer acquires a first data group which is a distance between the first position and each of the plurality of transducers; calculates a second data group which is a distance between the point sound source and each of the plurality of transducers.