IP Library Granted Patent US 9,509,982
Granted Patent B2
US 9,509,982 · App. 13/495,557 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Image processing system and method

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Patent No.
US 9,509,982
App. No.
13/495,557
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing system according to an embodiment includes a display unit capable of displaying stereoscopic images by displaying a group of parallax images and a display control unit. The display control unit displays an operation screen for receiving operations on medical image data on the display unit, displays selection information for selecting medical image data on the operation screen, and controls whether the selection information will be displayed as a stereoscopic image or a planar image depending on the content of medical image data selected by the selection information.

Claims (18)

1. An image processing system comprising:

a display capable of displaying stereoscopic images by displaying a plurality of groups of parallax images; and

a processor configured to display an operation screen for receiving operations on medical image data on the display, display a thumbnail image for each of the respective groups of parallax images, for selecting the medical image data on the operation screen, and control whether the thumbnail image will be displayed as a stereoscopic image or a planar image depending on the content of the medical image data selected by the thumbnail image, wherein

the processor increases a parallax angle of each respective group of parallax images for displaying the thumbnail image in accordance with a number of images included in the medical image data, and

when the thumbnail image is displayed as a stereoscopic image, the processor displays the thumbnail image so that stereoscopic effect of the thumbnail image increases as the number of the medical image data increases.

2. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

when the thumbnail image is displayed as the stereoscopic image, the processor uses a group of parallax images generated by performing a rendering process on the 3-dimensional medical image data.

3. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

when the thumbnail image is displayed as the stereoscopic image, the processor uses a group of parallax images generated by performing a rendering process on the 3-dimensional medical image data.

4. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor displays an operation screen for receiving operations of an operator on the display, displays notification information to be notified to the operator on the operation screen, and controls whether the notification information will be displayed as a stereoscopic image or a planar image depending on the content of the notification information.

5. An image processing method executed by an image processing system, comprising:

displaying an operation screen for receiving operations on medical image data on a display capable of displaying stereoscopic images by displaying a plurality of groups of parallax images, each displaying a respective thumbnail image for selecting the medical image data on the operation screen, and specifying whether the thumbnail image will be displayed as a stereoscopic image or a planar image depending on the content of the medical image data selected by the thumbnail image; and

increasing a parallax angle of each respective group of parallax images for displaying the thumbnail image in accordance with a number of images included in the medical image data, and

when the thumbnail image is displayed as a stereoscopic image, the processor displays the thumbnail image so that stereoscopic effect of the thumbnail image increases as the number of the medical image data increases.

6. The image processing method executed according to claim 5 , further comprising:

displaying notification information to be notified to the operator on the operation screen, and specifying whether the notification information will be displayed as a stereoscopic image or a planar image depending on the content of the notification information; and

controlling so that the notification information is displayed on the display.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2016
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039133/0915 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2012
From: TSUKAGOSHI, SHINSUKE; HARA, TAKUMI; YODA, TAKAHIRO; MAEDA, TATSUO; TSUYUKI, MASAHARU
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028630/0326 →