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Patent No.:

US 7477723 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2005
Applicants:

Masayuki Kamegawa, Kyoto, JP;

Yoshio Kuni, Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Masayuki Kamegawa, Kyoto, JP;

Yoshio Kuni, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An optical camerafor photographing a fluoroscopy object W on a sample stageis provided. Prior to a fluoroscopic operation, the sample stageis driven, and the fluoroscopy object W is photographed in a plurality of postures by the optical camera, and optical images are stored in a storage device. Among the optical images stored in the storage device, an optical image O that is closest to an image of the fluoroscopy object W viewed from the fluoroscopy direction at current time is selected and displayed on a displayduring the fluoroscopic operation. This enables intuitive grasping of the fluoroscopy direction, and intuitive grasping of the fluoroscopy position is also enabled by superimposing and displaying a marker M, which represents a position of an X-ray optical axis L, in addition to the optical image O.


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Kamegawa, Masayuki. (2009). X-ray fluoroscope (U.S. Patent No. 7477723). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7477723

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