Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image processing apparatus, X-ray diagnosis apparatus, and ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus
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Application No.: US16177043Application Date: 2018-10-31
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Publication No.: US11478216B2Publication Date: 2022-10-25
- Inventor: Richard Smalling , Andrew Kuhls-Gilcrist , Takuya Sakaguchi , Manabu Tanaka
- Applicant: Richard Smalling , Canon Medical Systems Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston; JP Otawara
- Assignee: Richard Smalling,Canon Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Richard Smalling,Canon Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston; JP Otawara
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: A61B8/08
- IPC: A61B8/08 ; A61B8/12 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B34/20

Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes at least one of memory and processing circuitry. The memory stores a first medical image of a heart area acquired in a plurality of directions and a second medical image of the heart area acquired in real time. The processing circuitry is configured to set, based on the first medical image, each of a valve boundary line indicating a boundary between leaflets of a heart valve and an insertion point on an inner wall through which a catheter is inserted, generate a navigation graphic including the valve boundary line and the safety lines by generating a plurality of safety lines individually connecting the insertion point to ends of the valve boundary line, and superimpose the navigation graphic on the second medical image to generate a superimposed image.
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