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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2018
Shimadzu Corporation, Nakagyo-Ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Michel Dargis, Laval, CA;
Frederic Hudon, Laval, CA;
Wataru Takahashi, Kyoto, JP;
Kodai Nagae, Kyoto, JP;
SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A radiation fluoroscopy apparatus detects a marker and includes a control element, an image generation elementthat generates an image including an embedded marker inside the body of the subject based on a transmitted X-ray. A device candidate detection elementdetects the candidate of the marker, the local structure detection elementdetects the local structure in the target region in a proximity of the candidate point of the marker, the device determination elementdetermines whether the local structure is the device such as the marker or not, the device location acquisition elementacquires the gravity center coordinate of the local structure, and the device tracking elementtracks the marker based on the location of the marker in each frame.