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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Natsuko Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Minami, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
In order to enable the observation of a wide range of the wall surface of a three-dimensional tissue in one screen, an image providing a view from a viewpoint E in a field-of-view centerline direction SC with a view angle of &thgr; greater than 180° is produced and displayed.