Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AIDING COMPREHENSION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/099087
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The invention enables inexperienced medical interns and even patients to easily comprehend two-dimensional diagnostic images in diagnostic imaging three-dimensionally. The apparatus, which aids comprehension of two-dimensional diagnostic images in diagnostic imaging by depicting a two-dimensional cross-sectional image or the outline of a two-dimensional cross-section of a somatic organ in a three-dimensional model of said organ, is provided with: a three-dimensional model of a somatic organ that is formed inside a block of a laser light-permeable transparent material and gives rise to laser light transmission and diffuse reflection, or a three-dimensional model that is formed in the shape of a somatic organ and gives rise to laser light transmission and diffuse reflection; and a laser light-irradiating apparatus that irradiates laser light, the form of which is linear. A two-dimensional cross-sectional image or contour of a two-dimensional cross-section of the organ is depicted inside the three-dimensional model by the transmission and diffuse reflection of laser light that is irradiated from without towards the three-dimensional model so that the two-dimensional cross-sectional image or contour of the two-dimensional cross-section can be compared with the whole three-dimensional model simultaneously.
Inventors:
ANEGAWA TAKAHIRO (JP)
AOKI HIROKI (JP)
KAI HISASHI (JP)
IMAIZUMI TSUTOMU (JP)
AOKI HIROKI (JP)
KAI HISASHI (JP)
IMAIZUMI TSUTOMU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2012/050770
Publication Date:
July 26, 2012
Filing Date:
January 17, 2012
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Assignee:
UNIV KURUME (JP)
ANEGAWA TAKAHIRO (JP)
AOKI HIROKI (JP)
KAI HISASHI (JP)
IMAIZUMI TSUTOMU (JP)
ANEGAWA TAKAHIRO (JP)
AOKI HIROKI (JP)
KAI HISASHI (JP)
IMAIZUMI TSUTOMU (JP)
International Classes:
A61B8/00; G09B23/30
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2007074668A1 | 2007-07-05 | |||
| WO2007097247A1 | 2007-08-30 |
Foreign References:
| JP2002336247A | 2002-11-26 | |||
| JP2000089663A | 2000-03-31 | |||
| JPH10222055A | 1998-08-21 | |||
| JP2011141402A | 2011-07-21 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KAJIHARA, Katsuhiko (JP)
Katsuhiko Kajiwara (JP)
Katsuhiko Kajiwara (JP)
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