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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:
Oct. 19, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2000
Yoshihiro Goto, Katsushika-ku, JP;
Hiromitsu Hayashi, Arakawa-ku, JP;
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of viewpoints are set in a blood vessel included in an original image obtained in such a way that a plurality of CT images are stacked. The viewpoints are manually or automatically set along the blood vessel in the central projection method. Next, a curved surface including the viewpoints (composed of straight lines intersecting the viewpoints) is set. Then, the original image is cut along the curved surface to construct a sectional image of the original image including a sectional image of the blood vessel, and the constructed sectional image is displayed. The displayed sectional image is a longitudinal sectional image of the blood vessel. Therefore, a longitudinal sectional image of an object such as a blood vessel and an intestine cut along a curved surface along the object can be easily constructed.
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