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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Tomohisa Imamura, Nasushiobara, JP;
Koichiro Kurita, Nasushiobara, JP;
Fumiyasu Sakaguchi, Otawara, JP;
Inventors:
Tomohisa Imamura, Nasushiobara, JP;
Koichiro Kurita, Nasushiobara, JP;
Fumiyasu Sakaguchi, Otawara, JP;
Assignees:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A peripheral region is detected by using original image data acquired by ultrasound scan. Blend processing is executed in the peripheral region such that a rate of a smoothed image increases and a rate of an original image decreases as a distance from a blood flow region increases.