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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Vincent Bismuth, Buc, FR;
Régis Vaillant, Buc, FR;
Sébastien Gorges, Buc, FR;
Maxime Cazalas, Buc, FR;
Liliane Ramus, Buc, FR;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An image processing method applied by a medical imaging device is proposed, including at least one camera and at least one display screen on which is displayed a medical image showing a region of interest of a patient, the method being characterized in that the region of interest is determined by the following steps, the screen and the camera being laid out so as to be facing a practitioner simultaneously, acquisition by the camera of at least one tracking image containing the eyes of the practitioner, analysis of the tracking image so as to localize in the medical image at least one pixel of interest contemplated by the practitioner on the screen from the orientation of the eyes of the practitioner, processing the medical image so as to select the region of interest from the localized pixel of interest.