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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2017
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Erin Beveridge, Edinburgh, GB;
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for displaying medical images comprises processing circuitry configured to: obtain a first set of medical imaging data from a first scan of an anatomical region of a subject; obtain a second set of medical imaging data from a second scan; process the first set of medical imaging data to detect at least one pathological feature and to determine at least one property associated with the at least one detected pathological feature; select at least one display rule for the second set of medical imaging data in dependence on the determined at least one property, and display at least one image representative of the second set of medical imaging data in accordance with the selected at least one display rule, such that the at least one displayed image provides a desired view of the at least one pathological feature or an anatomical feature associated with the at least one pathological feature.