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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2003
Hirotaka Baba, Kashiwa, JP;
Osamu Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotaka Baba, Kashiwa, JP;
Osamu Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A one frame image of a moving image formed by producing tomographic images of an object to be examined is displayed (S), a mark is superposed on a designated portion of a tissue the movement of which is tracked in the displayed one frame image (S), a cutout image of a size including the designated portion is set in the one frame image (S), local images are searched in another frame images of the moving image and a local image of the identical size which is most coincided with the cutout image is extracted (S), and a coordinate of the designated portion after movement is calculated based on a coordinate difference between the most coincided local image and the cutout image (S), thereby the movement of tissue is quantitatively measured.