Title:
IMAGE CREATING METHOD AND DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2006/051831
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A method and a device for creating an image enabling a user to easily comprehend the information on temporal variation of a tissue by a contrast medium. A color image where at least a partial area is colored is created by repeating following steps while changing the pixel, i.e. a step for acquiring a plurality of image data of different time phases and then acquiring the luminance value of a pixel at the same position from each of the plurality of image data of different time phases, a step for acquiring one or more feature amounts representatiing temporal variation in luminance value by the contrast medium based on the time variation in luminance value, a step for converting one or more feature amounts into different color information, and a step for coloring the pixel so as to represent the information on temporal variation in luminance value based on one or more color information.
Inventors:
ARAI OSAMU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2005/020564
Publication Date:
May 18, 2006
Filing Date:
November 10, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HITACHI MEDICAL CORP (JP)
ARAI OSAMU (JP)
ARAI OSAMU (JP)
International Classes:
A61B6/03; A61B8/00; G06T1/00
Foreign References:
| JPS63242236A | 1988-10-07 | |||
| JP2000005133A | 2000-01-11 | |||
| JP2004141612A | 2004-05-20 |
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