Image processing apparatus and ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• an image acquiring unit for acquiring image data of a subject;
• a first tracking unit for tracking a plurality of points in the image based on at least one data of brightness and amplitude of the image data;
• and
• a physical parameter calculating unit for calculating a specific physical parameter with regard to a change in a relative positional relationship among the plurality of position.

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• image acquiring means for acquiring image data of a subject;
• tracking means for tracking movement of a predetermined points involved in the image;
• region-of-interest setting means for setting region of interest and altering the plurality of regions of interest sequentially;
• and
• physical parameter calculating means for acquiring physical parameter based on the movement information of the regions of interest.

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• an image acquiring unit for acquiring image data of a subject;
• a tracking unit for tracking movement of predetermined points involved in the image;
• a region-of-interest setting unit for setting region of interest and altering the plurality of regions of interest sequentially;
• and
• a physical parameter calculating unit for acquiring physical parameter based on the movement information of the regions of interest.

An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprises an image processing apparatus comprising:

• an image acquiring unit for acquiring image data of subject;
• a tracking unit for tracking a plurality of points in the image based on at least one data of brightness and amplitude of the image data;
• and
• a physical parameter calculating unit for calculating a specific physical parameter with regard to a change in a relative positional relationship among the plurality of position.

An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprises an image processing apparatus comprising:

• an image acquiring unit for acquiring image data of a subject;
• a tracking unit for tracking movement of predetermined points involved in the image;
• a region-of-interest setting unit for setting region of interest and altering the plurality of regions of interest sequentially;
• and
• a physical parameter calculating unit for acquiring physical parameter based on the movement information of the regions of interest.

A method of processing an image for diagnosing a subject, comprising the steps of:

• acquiring image data of subject;
• tracking a plurality of points in the image based on at least one data of brightness and amplitude of the image data;
• and
• calculating a specific physical parameter with regard to a change in a relative positional relationship among the plurality of position.

A method of processing an image for diagnosing a subject, comprising the steps of:

• acquiring image data of a subject;
• tracking movement of a predetermined points involved in the image;
• setting region of interest and altering the plurality of regions of interest sequentially;
• and
• acquiring physical parameter based on the movement information of the regions of interest.