Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-29
2008-07-29
Mercader, Eleni Mantis (Department: 3768)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
C600S437000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07404797
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an ultrasonic imaging system capable of extracting structure-emphasized image data in which the structure of a tissue in a living body is emphasized and texture-emphasized image data in which a texture pattern coming from properties of a tissue in a living body is emphasized from B-mode image data, and obtaining a synthesized image obtained by weighting and combining the two extracted image data pieces. An ultrasonic imaging system has: a structure extractor for extracting structure-emphasized image data in which a structure of a tissue in the living body is emphasized from B-mode image data of the living body; a texture pattern extractor for extracting texture-emphasized image data in which a texture pattern coming from properties of a tissue in the living body is emphasized; an image synthesizer for obtaining a synthesized image by weighting and combining the structure-emphasized image data and the texture-emphasized image data; and a display for displaying at least one of the structure-emphasized image data, the texture-emphasized image data, and the synthesized image.
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Azuma Takashi
Hayashi Tatsuya
Kawabata Ken-ichi
Osada Akiko
Umemura Shin'ichiro
Antonelli, Terry Stout & Kraus, LLP.
Cheng Jacqueline
Hitachi Medical Corporation
Mantis Mercader Eleni
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