Medical image generating apparatus, medical image display apparatus, medical image generating method and program
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorTetsuro Kusunoki
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Abstract
3D image areas are set respectively from within display areas of a right-eye image display unit and a left-eye image display unit, and 2D image areas are set respectively from within the 3D image areas. A right-eye disparity image and a left-eye disparity image to be displayed respectively in the 3D image areas are acquired, and planar images 74 to be displayed respectively in the 2D image areas are acquired. The planar images are placed respectively in the 2D image areas, whereas the right-eye disparity image and the left-eye disparity image are placed in the 3D image areas apart from the 2D image areas, thereby generating a right-eye image and a left-eye image.
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A medical image generating apparatus for generating a pair of two-dimensional images to be displayed respectively on a pair of display units for providing a stereographic image display based on binocular disparity, comprising:
- a first image area setting unit for setting image areas for stereographic image display respectively from within display areas of the respective display units;
- a second image area setting unit for setting image areas for planar image display from within the image areas for stereographic image display, set by the first image area setting unit;
- a first image acquiring unit for acquiring a pair of disparity images to be displayed respectively in the image areas for stereographic image display, set by the first image area setting unit;
- a second image acquiring unit for acquiring one image to be displayed in the image areas for planar image display, set by the second image area setting unit;
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- an image placing unit for placing the one image acquired by the second image acquiring unit in the image areas for planar image display, and placing the disparity images acquired by the first image acquiring unit in the image areas for stereographic image display, apart from the image areas for planar image display, thereby generating the pair of two-dimensional images.
A medical image display apparatus comprising:
- a pair of display units;
- a medical image generating apparatus for generating a pair of two-dimensional images to be displayed respectively on the display units for providing a stereographic image display based on binocular disparity;
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- an optical adjuster for adjusting optical paths and polarized states of light images from the display units for thereby enabling an observer to visually recognize the light images as a stereographic representation,
- wherein the medical image generating apparatus comprises:
- a first image area setting unit for setting image areas for stereographic image display respectively from within display areas of the respective display units;
- a second image area setting unit for setting image areas for planar image display from within the image areas for stereographic image display, set by the first image area setting unit;
- a first image acquiring unit for acquiring a pair of disparity images to be displayed respectively in the image areas for stereographic image display, set by the first image area setting unit;
- a second image acquiring unit for acquiring one image to be displayed in the image areas for planar image display, set by the second image area setting unit;
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- an image placing unit for placing the one image acquired by the second image acquiring unit in the image areas for planar image display, and placing the disparity images acquired by the first image acquiring unit in the image areas for stereographic image display, apart from the image areas for planar image display, thereby generating the pair of two-dimensional images.
A medical image generating method for generating a pair of two-dimensional images to be displayed respectively on a pair of display units for providing a stereographic image display based on binocular disparity, comprising the steps of:
- setting image areas for stereographic image display respectively from within display areas of the respective display units;
- setting image areas for planar image display from within the image areas for stereographic image display, which have been set;
- acquiring a pair of disparity images to be displayed respectively in the image areas for stereographic image display, which have been set;
- acquiring one image to be displayed in the image areas for planar image display, which have been set;
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- placing the one image that has been acquired, in the image areas for planar image display, and placing the disparity images that have been acquired, in the image areas for stereographic image display, apart from the image areas for planar image display, thereby generating the pair of two-dimensional images.
A recording medium storing a program to be executed by a computer on a pair of disparity images to be displayed for providing a stereographic image display based on binocular disparity, the program enabling the computer to function as:
- a first image area setting unit for setting image areas for stereographic image display respectively from within display areas of a pair of respective display units;
- a second image area setting unit for setting image areas for planar image display from within the image areas for stereographic image display, set by the first image area setting unit;
- a first image acquiring unit for acquiring the pair of disparity images to be displayed respectively in the image areas for stereographic image display, set by the first image area setting unit;
- a second image acquiring unit for acquiring one image to be displayed in the image areas for planar image display, set by the second image area setting unit;
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- an image placing unit for placing the one image acquired by the second image acquiring unit in the image areas for planar image display, and placing the disparity images acquired by the first image acquiring unit in the image areas for stereographic image display, apart from the image areas for planar image display, thereby generating the pair of two-dimensional images.
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