Title:
SKIN−CUTTING SURGERY SUPPORT SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2003/063719
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A television camera (15) picks up an image of an organism (1) and a probe (7) brought into contact with the surface of the organism (1). An image of a marker attached to the probe (7) picked up is isolated from the full image by a probe position signal isolation unit (21). Marker position information is acquired by a position acquiring unit (41). A marker trace signal (45) is generated by a trace signal generation unit (43). The sensing signal detected by the probe (7) generates a hardness signal (51) via a hardness calculation unit (47) and a hardness signal generation unit (49). In an overlap unit (23), the marker trace signal (45) and the hardness signal (51) are overlapped with a full screen signal (35), so that the organism image is overlapped with the hardness information image correlated with the probe current position and movement trace and they are displayed on a display (25).
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Inventors:
OMATA SADAO (JP)
USUI HIDEYUKI (JP)
USUI HIDEYUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2003/000803
Publication Date:
August 07, 2003
Filing Date:
January 28, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV SCHOOL NIHON JURIDIC PER (JP)
OMATA SADAO (JP)
USUI HIDEYUKI (JP)
OMATA SADAO (JP)
USUI HIDEYUKI (JP)
International Classes:
A61B5/103; A61B19/00; A61B17/32; (IPC1-7): A61B19/00; A61B5/00
Foreign References:
JPH08266486A | 1996-10-15 | |||
US5911694A | 1999-06-15 | |||
JP2001112743A | 2001-04-24 | |||
JP2000152924A | 2000-06-06 | |||
US6070094A | 2000-05-30 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshida, Kenji (Kichijoji-honcho 1-chome Musashino-shi, Tokyo, JP)
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