IP Library Granted Patent US 8,791,957
Granted Patent B2
US 8,791,957 · App. 13/131,062 · Granted Jul 29, 2014

Medical image display device and method of medical image display

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Patent No.
US 8,791,957
App. No.
13/131,062
Granted
Jul 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a medical image display device for displaying a hollow organ of an examinee as a panoramic image, an operator is enabled to easily determine whether display of an observation site on the panoramic image is correct or not. The medical image display device having panoramic image creating means configured to create a panoramic image of a hollow organ of an examinee and display means configured to display the panoramic image includes false image probability calculating means configured to calculate a false image probability of a position in the panoramic image in accordance with the position concerned, and control means configured to display the false image probability in association with the panoramic image. Furthermore, the medical image display device having panoramic image creating means configured to create a panoramic image of a hollow organ of an examinee and display means configured to display the panoramic image includes false image probability calculating means configured to calculate a false image probability of a position in the panoramic image in accordance with the position concerned, and control means configured to display the panoramic image on the basis of the false image probability.

Claims (11)

1. A medical image display device comprising:

panoramic image creating means configured to create a panoramic image of a hollow organ of an examinee;

display means configured to display the panoramic image;

false image probability calculating means configured to calculate a false image probability of a position in the panoramic image in accordance with the position concerned; and

control means configured to create a graph of the false image probability and a center line position of the hollow organ, and to display the panoramic image and the graph in association with the center line position, on the display means.

2. A medical image display method performed by a medical image display device, the medical image display method comprising:

a panoramic image creating step that creates a panoramic image of a hollow organ of

an examinee;

a display step that displays the panoramic image;

a false image probability calculating step that calculates a false image probability of a position in the panoramic image in accordance with the position concerned; and

a control step, performed by the medical image display device, that creates a graph of the false image probability and a center line position of the hollow organ and causes the panoramic image and the graph to be displayed in association with the center line position.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2016
From: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 040545/0254 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2011
From: KADOMURA, TAKAYUKI; SHIRAHATA, TAKASHI; NAKAZAWA, TETSUO
To: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026367/0872 →