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Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2013
Applicant:

GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, Llc, Waukesha, WI (US);

Inventor:

Takao Goto, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/32 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/32 (2013.01); G01R 33/543 (2013.01); G01R 33/5635 (2013.01);
Abstract

A detecting apparatus configured to detect a position of a predetermined part of a subject, based on image data of a region including the predetermined part is provided. The detecting apparatus includes a first detecting unit configured to detect a reference position used when the position of the predetermined part is detected, the reference position detected from within the image data, a determining unit configured to rotate a window for detecting the position of the predetermined part about the reference position, and configured to determine a rotational angle of the window when the predetermined part is included in the window, and a second detecting unit configured to set an actual rotational angle of the window to the determined rotational angle and configured to detect the position of the predetermined part from within the window.


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