Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080212740 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM - An X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes a bed, an X-ray generating unit, an X-ray detection unit, a support which movably supports the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detection unit, an X-ray application switch which triggers generation of X-rays from the X-ray generating unit, an operation unit for moving the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detection unit, an image generating unit which generates an image on the basis of an output from the X-ray detection unit, a display unit which is placed near the bed and displays the image, and a simulation image generating unit which generates a simulation image from stored data during a simulation period in accordance with operation of the X-ray application switch and operation of the operation unit. | 09-04-2008 |
20090052613 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - A three dimensional image processing apparatus includes a storage unit storing data of images in different radiographing directions together with information concerning cardiac phases, a key image selection unit selecting key images from the images, a feature point designation unit designatting feature points on the selected key images in accordance with operation by an operator, and an image reconstruction unit reconstructing a three dimensional image from the images on the basis of positions of the designated feature points, wherein the key image selection unit selects, as the key images, a pair of images which are located at the same cardiac phase and whose radiographing directions are different by a substantially predetermined angle and images spaced apart from each other by an angle obtained by substantially equally dividing an interval between the pair of images by a predetermined number. | 02-26-2009 |
20090086912 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - In an image display apparatus of this invention, an image creation unit creates a plurality of cross-sectional images and a projected image from the volume data acquired at a CT volume data acquisition unit. The plurality of cross-sectional images and projected image are displayed on a monitor. When a specific point on the plurality of cross-sectional images displayed on the monitor is clicked at an operation unit, a line is displayed on the projected image displayed on the monitor according to the click. | 04-02-2009 |
20090087068 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - In an X-ray diagnostic apparatus, a volume 3D image in which a desired blood vessel center line has been extracted is stored in a CT 3D image storage unit, and an X-ray two-dimensional image updated in real time is stored in an X-ray 2D image storage unit. The three-dimensional image is aligned with the X-ray two-dimensional image in an alignment unit. Further, a distal end position of a device and a position thereof after a predetermined time are searched for in a search unit, and the distal end position of the device in the three-dimensional image is calculated in a computing unit. Then, a cross-sectional image of the three-dimensional image is displayed on a monitor. | 04-02-2009 |
20090207965 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, X-RAY APPARATUS, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - An example of the present invention is a data processing apparatus including, a saving part configured to save three-dimensional data of a subject, a two-dimensional image display part configured to display three-dimensional data of the subject as a two-dimensional image, a designation part configured to designate coordinate information associated with a specific coordinate point on the two-dimensional image, a specifying part configured to specify, based on the coordinate information designated on the two-dimensional image, coordinate information on the corresponding three-dimensional data, and a calculation part configured to calculate a view angle of the subject on the basis of the coordinate information on the three-dimensional data. | 08-20-2009 |
20090295797 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a memory unit which stores data of a first projection image and data of a second projection image, which are associated with the same object and are captured in different imaging directions, a display unit which displays the data of the first projection image and the data of the second projection image, a designation operation unit which is configured to designate a plurality of points on the displayed first and second projection images, and an operation supporting unit which generates operation supporting information for supporting an operation of designating, by the designation operation unit, the plurality of points on the second image, which anatomically correspond to the plurality of points designated on the first projection image. | 12-03-2009 |
20090310847 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - A medical image processing apparatus includes an image storage unit which stores the data of a three-dimensional image associated with an object receiving an operation using a lumen insertion device, a lumen detection unit which detects a lumen centerline associated with a specific lumen from the three-dimensional image, a current position specifying unit which specifies the current position of the lumen insertion device based on the insertion distance from a reference position associated with the lumen insertion device and the detected lumen centerline, a cross-sectional image generating unit which creates, from the data of the three-dimensional image, the data of a cross-sectional image associated with a cross-section passing through at least one of the current position and an expected insertion position located ahead of the current position, and a display unit which displays the generated data of the cross-sectional image. | 12-17-2009 |
20100086190 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Image data of a three-dimensional region of a medical device placed in a subject body is stored in an image data storage section. An image creating section extracts pixels corresponding to an image of a medical device on the basis of the distribution of pixel values along a plurality of radial rays, which spreads from the axis side of the medical device on a plurality of sectional images perpendicular to the axis of the medical device, using the image data stored in the image data storage section and creates image data, in which the medical device spreads, by distributing the extracted pixels in a flat surface region corresponding to the axis direction and the angular direction of the radial ray. | 04-08-2010 |
20100092063 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - Data of a plurality of projected images, which is photographed from different directions, regarding an object of interest is stored in an image data storage section. A feature point coordinates acquisition section acquires the three-dimensional coordinates regarding the axis of the object of interest on the basis of the feature information and photographing directions regarding the axis of the object of interest on at least two of the plurality of projected images stored in the image data storage section. A coordinates transformation section sets the three-dimensional coordinates system, which has the axis of the object of interest as one axis, on the basis of the three-dimensional coordinates information. A reconstruction processing section reconstructs three-dimensional image data based on the set three-dimensional coordinates system from the plurality of projected images stored in the image data storage section. | 04-15-2010 |
20100142792 | X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - When a plurality of X-ray images in a time sequence is stored in an image data storing unit ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100166152 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes imaging means including an X-ray application unit which applies X-rays to a subject and an X-ray detection unit which detects the X-rays applied from the X-ray application unit to pick up a medical image, path calculating means for obtaining a path of an imaging position for the subject on the basis of a map image, a storage unit which stores the path, imaging system moving means for movably supporting the imaging means to capture the imaging position in an imaging field and movement control means for moving the imaging system moving means to successively move the imaging position along the path. | 07-01-2010 |
20100183207 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit which stores data of X-ray projection images generated through a angiographic imaging sequence, a generation unit which, based on the data, generates a reference time density curve concerning a reference region which is set as a blood supply region, and time density curves concerning perfusion regions which are set as a blood supplied region, a measurement unit which measures delay times for which a contrast medium reaches the perfusion regions from the reference region, from relationships between the reference time density curve and the time density curves, a calculation unit which calculates, respectively for the perfusion regions, first indices expressing correlations of the time density curves to the reference time density curve within a period determined on the basis of the delay times, and a first image generation unit which generates a first image expressing spatial distribution of the first indices. | 07-22-2010 |
20100189218 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - A three dimensional image processing apparatus includes a feature point designation unit which designates feature points on at least two selected images selected from a plurality of images in different radiographing directions, a three dimensional position calculation unit which calculates a three dimensional position associated with a feature point, a two dimensional position calculation unit which calculates the two dimensional position of a feature point on an unselected image on the basis of the calculated three dimensional position of the feature point, a feature point extraction unit which extracts a feature point from an unselected image, a positional shift calculation unit which calculates a positional shift of the two dimensional position of the extracted feature point with respect to the calculated two dimensional position of the feature point, a correction unit which corrects the position of the unselected image on the basis of the calculated positional shift, and an image reconstruction unit which reconstructs a three dimensional image on the basis of the selected image and the corrected unselected image. | 07-29-2010 |
20100202675 | RADIATION DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An X-ray image generating unit alternately generates X-ray images each obtained by radiating X-rays having a higher level of energy and X-ray images each obtained by radiating X-rays having a lower level of energy. Further, every time an X-ray image has been generated by the X-ray image generating unit, a dual energy subtraction image generating unit generates a dual energy subtraction image by using the X-ray image that has just been generated and the X-ray image generated immediately preceding the X-ray image. | 08-12-2010 |
20100272344 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An X-ray perfusion-image creating unit creates an X-ray perfusion image indicating blood flow dynamics in a certain organ from an X-ray projection image of a subject given with a contrast agent. An image correction unit extracts thickness information indicating the thickness of a myocardium from a three-dimensional image taken by an X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) apparatus. Moreover, the image correction unit creates a corrected perfusion image in which the thickness of the myocardium in the X-ray perfusion image is corrected, based on the thickness information. A display unit then displays the corrected perfusion image. | 10-28-2010 |
20120155737 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a difference image generating unit and a display controlling unit. The difference image generating unit generates a difference image by calculating a difference in a second X-ray transmission image from a first X-ray transmission image, the second X-ray transmission image being an image in which a myocardial tissue of an examined subject is not opacified and the first X-ray transmission image being an image in which the myocardial tissue of the examined subject is opacified with a contrast agent that has been injected into a coronary artery. The display controlling unit exercises control so that a predetermined display unit displays the difference image that has been generated by the difference image generating unit. | 06-21-2012 |
20120300903 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a specifying unit, an extraction unit and a setting processing unit. The storage unit stores first X-ray image data in which a blood vessel of an object is not visually enhanced, and second X-ray image data in which the blood vessel is visually enhanced. The specifying unit specifies a catheter image included in the first fluoroscopic image by performing image processing of the first X-ray image data. The extraction unit extracts a blood vessel region included in the second fluoroscopic image by performing image processing of the second X-ray image data. The setting processing unit sets a region of interest based on the position of end point of the catheter. | 11-29-2012 |