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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Medison Co., Ltd., Gangwon-Do, KR;
Inventors:
Sung-yun Kim, Gangwon-Do, KR;
Jun-kyo Lee, Gangwon-Do, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Hongcheon-Gun, Gangwon-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 15/08 (2011.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2021 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus and method. The image processing method includes a data obtaining unit for obtaining volume data that contains a target image; a depth-data obtaining unit for obtaining depth data that indicates a depth to the surface of the target image from an image plane; an image processing unit for processing the volume data into a processed volume data based on the depth-data, and obtaining a rendered image based on the processed volume data; and a display unit for displaying the rendered image.