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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2008
Applicant:
Naoyuki Furudate, Otawara, JP;
Inventor:
Naoyuki Furudate, Otawara, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An operator designates a reference plane on a medical image or a region of a patient, and a setting unit specifies whether the reference plane is an axial plane, a sagittal plane, or a coronal plane. The setting unit also specifies vertical, horizontal, and anteroposterior directions on the reference plane based on an anatomical characteristic of the region. Information about relationship between a patient coordinate system and a region coordinate system is stored in association with the medical image in a first storage unit.