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US 6,319,202 B1Granted
Medical imaging method and apparatus and ultrasonic imaging method and apparatus
AssigneeGE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited
InventorMitsuyoshi Inadama
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Abstract
In order to provide a medical imaging method and apparatus and ultrasonic imaging method and apparatus in which the utility for a user is improved, a display area 904 open to the user is provided in the display screen for the medical image 902, and an external input image is displayed in the display area 904.
Claims8
A medical imaging method comprising the steps of:
- collecting imaging data from a part of a human subject;
- producing a main image of said part of said human subject based on said collected data;
- displaying said produced main image of said part of said human subject in a part of a display screen;
- providing external data for an external image of another subject other than said part of said human subject from which said imaging data was collected;
- concurrently displaying, under control of an operator, said external image of said other subject in another part of said display screen;
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- selectively controlling both said displaying step and said concurrently displaying step so that said part of said display screen and said other part of said display screen are selectively arranged to be at least partially overlapping of each other so that said main image and said external image are at least partially overlapped with the underlying image viewed penetrating the overlapped image.
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A medical imaging apparatus comprising:
- means for collecting imaging data from a part of a human subject;
- means for producing a main image of said part of said human subject based on said collected data;
- first display means for displaying said produced main image of said part of said human subject in a part of said display screen;
- means for providing external data for an external image of another subject other than said part of said human subject from which said data was collected;
- second display means for concurrently displaying under manual control of an operator said external image of said other subject in another part of said display screen;
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- means for selectively controlling said first and second display means so that said part of said display screen and said other part of said display screen are selectively arranged to be at least partially overlapping of each other so that said main image and said external image are at least partially overlapping with the underlying image viewed penetrating the overlapping image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.