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US 2011/0255755 A1Published application
Medical image display device and method
AssigneeHitachi Medical Corporation
InventorsTakashi Shirahata, Hiroto Kokubun, Yoshihiro Goto
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AssigneeHitachi Medical Corporation
InventorsTakashi Shirahata, Hiroto Kokubun, Yoshihiro Goto
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In a medical image display device for displaying a hollow organ of an examinee as a panoramic image, in order to inform an operator of the existence or nonexistence of a blind area in a panoramic image, the medical image display device has a panoramic image creating unit configured to create a panoramic image of a hollow organ of an examinee and a display unit configured to display the panoramic image, and further has a blind area detecting unit configured to detect a blind area in the panoramic image and an informing unit configured to inform an operator of the existence or nonexistence of the blind portion. Furthermore, a medical image display method of the present invention has a panoramic image creating step that creates a panoramic image of a hollow organ of an examinee and a display step that displays the panoramic image, and further has a blind area detecting step that detects a blind area in the panoramic image and an informing step that informs an operator of the existence or nonexistence of the blind portion.
A medical image display device having a panoramic image creating unit configured to create a panoramic image of a hollow organ of an examinee and a display unit configured to display the panoramic image, characterized by comprising a blind area detecting unit configured to detect a blind area in the panoramic image and an informing unit configured to inform an operator of the existence or nonexistence of the blind area.
A medical image display method comprising a panoramic image crating step that creates a panoramic image of a hollow organ of an examinee and a display step that displays the panoramic image, characterized by comprising a blind area detecting step that detects a blind area in the panoramic image and an informing step that informs an operator of the existence or nonexistence of the blind area.
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