Title:
SURGEON'S AID FOR MEDICAL DISPLAY
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012166024
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a method and an apparatus for identifying regions of interest on images displayed on a live surgical monitor.
A system for identifying an area of interest on a surgical image includes a source of surgical image data, which may be a camera, an image processing unit, which may be a camera control unit, and a destination, which may be a display. The image processing unit is configured to receive the surgical image data and combine it with an overlay pattern for identifying an area of interest, which is then displayed on the display. The overlay may include a key with coordinates or labels. Properties of the overlay and the key may be customized or adjusted.
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Inventors:
KING TIMOTHY
Application Number:
JP2012025866A
Publication Date:
September 06, 2012
Filing Date:
February 09, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
STORZ KARL IMAGING INC
International Classes:
A61B19/00; G06T1/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH07184863A | 1995-07-25 |
Foreign References:
| US20090190808A1 | 2009-07-30 | |||
| US20070106282A1 | 2007-05-10 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yasuhiko Murayama
Masatake Shiga
Takashi Watanabe
Shinya Mitsuhiro
Masatake Shiga
Takashi Watanabe
Shinya Mitsuhiro
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