Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medical imaging apparatus and method of controlling the same
- Patent Title (中): 医疗成像装置及其控制方法
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Application No.: US14269231Application Date: 2014-05-05
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Publication No.: US09183627B2Publication Date: 2015-11-10
- Inventor: Jae Hak Lee , Young Hun Sung , Ho Young Lee , Myung Jin Chung
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. , SAMSUNG LIFE PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si KR Seoul
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,SAMSUNG LIFE PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,SAMSUNG LIFE PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si KR Seoul
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2013-0049952 20130503
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06T7/00 ; G06T19/20 ; G06T11/00

Abstract:
Provided is a medical imaging apparatus including: a scanner configured to obtain projection data of an object; a three-dimensional restoring module configured to restore a volume of the object based on the projection data; a volume segmentation module configured to segment a plurality of material volumes corresponding to a plurality of materials included in the object based on the volume of the object; a reprojection module configured to generate a plurality of reprojection images according to the plurality of materials by reprojecting the plurality of material volumes from a plurality of virtual viewpoints; and an image fusion module configured to generate a plurality of fusion images according to the plurality of virtual viewpoints, each of the plurality of fusion images being generated by fusing reprojection images according to plurality of materials obtained from the same virtual viewpoint.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140328530A1 MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2014-11-06
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