Image display device and its control method, x-ray opaque marker detection method
US10733753B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 23, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2210/41
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A radiopaque marker detection method of detecting the radiopaque marker disposed in a probe on multiple X-ray images captured while the probe for acquiring the tomographic image moves in an axial direction of a catheter, a position of the radiopaque marker disposed in the probe on each of the multiple X-ray images captured during the movement of the probe is detected from the X-ray images captured during a predetermined period before the probe starts to move, by extracting a line extending along the probe and using the extracted line.
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