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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2010
Applicants:

Jun Masumoto, Minato-ku, JP;

Masaki Miyamoto, Minato-ku, JP;

Inventors:

Jun Masumoto, Minato-ku, JP;

Masaki Miyamoto, Minato-ku, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06T 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/4255 (2013.01); A61B 6/466 (2013.01);
Abstract

Overview images that represent the overview of a structure (e.g., the large intestine) are generated based on volume data, and displayed on a screen. Points within the overview images and points corresponding thereto in the volume data are set as target points. A target volume that includes the target points and line of sight vectors within the volume data having the target points as endpoints and a movable viewpoint as a starting point are set within the volume data. The directions of the line of sight vectors are changed by moving the viewpoint, and the target volumes are projected onto projection planes perpendicular to the directions of the line of sight vectors to generate detailed images that represent details of the structure in the vicinity of the target points. The detailed images are displayed on the screen.


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