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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2021
Applicants:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Tochigi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/246 (2017.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G03H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/246 (2017.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); G03H 1/0005 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02); G03H 2001/0033 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical image diagnostic apparatus includes a marker to be placed on a subject, at least one imaging unit configured to capture images of the subject and the marker, and a detection unit configured to detect movement of the marker from the images captured by the imaging unit. The marker includes a plurality of planar structures that can be detected by the detection unit, and the planar structures are spaced apart from each other with a distance no less than a predetermined distance.