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Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2009
Applicant:

Yoshiyuki Moriya, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshiyuki Moriya, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06T 15/50 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A shadow region extraction method capable of extracting a shadow region from contrast enhanced three-dimensional images obtained at different time points in an improved manner. The method includes the steps of detecting a first shadow region from a contrast enhanced two-dimensional image constituting a contrast enhanced three-dimensional image obtained at a first time point among a plurality of contrast enhanced three-dimensional images of a subject obtained at different time points, detecting, by the use of position information of a point in the first shadow region, a second shadow region corresponding to the first shadow region from a contrast enhanced two-dimensional image constituting a contrast enhanced three-dimensional image obtained at a second time point different from the first time point, and displaying the first shadow region and the second shadow region.


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Moriya, Yoshiyuki. (2012). Image processing apparatus, method, and program (U.S. Patent No. 8306354). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8306354

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