Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-26
2011-07-26
Le, Long V (Department: 3768)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
C600S445000, C600S447000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07985182
ABSTRACT:
A measurement data processing device measures a size of a diagnostic region from a tomographic image as two-dimensional information. An ROI width determining device determines a size of a region of interest based on the size (lateral width and longitudinal width) of the diagnostic region. An oscillation angle determining device determines a range of an angle for oscillating ultrasonic transducers based on the size. An oscillation rate determining device determines a rate for oscillating the ultrasonic transducers based on information indicating the oscillation angle and image quality. In order to acquire a three-dimensional image of the diagnostic region, the probe oscillation control device controls the oscillation of the ultrasonic transducers based on the information. A three-dimensional image processing device extracts a three-dimensional image of in the determined region of interest from the acquired three-dimensional image. A display device displays the extracted three-dimensional image. Then, the three-dimensional image based on the shape of the diagnostic region is acquired.
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Japanese Office Action issued Feb. 22, 2011, in Patent Application No. 2005-366203.
Ichioka Kenichi
Kataguchi Muneki
Sakaguchi Fumiyasu
Hoffa Angela M
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Le Long V
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
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