Medical equipment system and operation method of medical equipment system
US10694929B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 30, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B21/367
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medical equipment system includes an image pickup information storage unit configured to store images and image pickup position information by associating the images and the image pickup position information with each other; a unit configured to calculate an image pickup position in 3D information on a luminal organ during image acquisition; a control unit configured to calculate a current image pickup position or image pickup area of the image pickup system in the 3D information; and an image processing unit configured to acquire images at image pickup positions overlapping the current image pickup position or image pickup area from storage results of the image pickup information storage unit and arrange the images based on a predetermined criterion on a region by region basis.
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