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Assignee: ZIOSOFT, INC.


Location: Tokyo, JP
No. of patents: 23

NumberTitleIssue Date
8013856Image processing method
This invention provides an image processing method for projecting a virtual ray onto volume data to create an image and making it possible to realize speeding up without performing preprocessing. A virtual ray 22 is projected from an eye O onto an object 2...
09/06/2011
8004516Image processing system for volume rendering
An image processing system using volume data comprising at least one node connected via a network, which is operative to monitor completion of a task property storing condition for storing a task property of a client terminal, collect the task property of a task sta...
08/23/2011
7974451Diffusion weighted image processing apparatus and recording medium for recording image analysis program
It is an object to provide a diffusion weighted image processing apparatus or the like which can correct a distortion of a diffusion weighted image requiring smaller endurance on a patient in a diffusion weighted image processing method for correcting distortion of ...
07/05/2011
7907763Image processing method and computer readable medium for image processing
When the user presses an Alt key, the mode makes a transition to a property value switching mode and all annotations are made visible. At this time, the originally invisible annotations with the visibility properties set to invisible are drawn translucently. That is...
03/15/2011
7873197Changing the display angle of visualized tubular tissue
An image processing apparatus includes: a center line determination section which determines a center line of a tubular tissue based on volume data; a direction vector determination section which determines a direction vector; a curved surface determination section ...
01/18/2011
7869638Image processing method and computer readable medium for image processing
An intestine is cut by a cross section of a spherical surface or a combination of a plane and a spherical surface, and voxel values on the cross section are projected onto a projection plane in parallel, whereby a cross-sectional image of the intestine is created. U...
01/11/2011
7860949Communication terminal
A client terminal which uses image data processed based on an image processing request sent to an image processing server is connected via a network. The communication terminal includes a communication state detecting section which detects the communication state wi...
12/28/2010
7860284Image processing method and computer readable medium for image processing
An image processing method using volume data includes: extracting a region of the volume data; transforming voxel values in the extracted region into at least two different voxel values; and presenting information of the extracted region by using the transformed vox...
12/28/2010
7853057Image processing method and device using a virtual ray and vector information
A threshold value T which is a little larger than voxel values of a target tissue such as bloodstream is determined. Next, a virtual ray is projected, and voxel values on the virtual ray are obtained as an array A1 (original array). Then, an array A2 (...
12/14/2010
7825924Image processing method and computer readable medium for image processing
Disks having the maximum radius of a large intestine are created and the contours of the disks are connected by virtual springs. Next, the directions of the disks are adjusted so that virtual spring energy becomes the minimum, so that the adjacent disks are prevente...
11/02/2010
7796835Computer readable medium for image processing and image processing method
When processing is started, first, ROI (region of interest) is determined by user's specification. A small calculation amount image is generated in response to pointing device operation of the user, and the generated small calculation amount image is displayed. Next...
09/14/2010
7782507Image processing method and computer readable medium for image processing
A preview image is operated and an original image is opened based on the operation result of the preview image. For example, a heart is rotated from side to side on a preview screen, and the heart is displayed at a certain rotation angle and a certain magnifying sca...
08/24/2010
7706588Image processing method and computer readable medium for image processing
When the user presses an Alt key, the mode makes a transition to a property value switching mode and all annotations are made visible. At this time, the originally invisible annotations with the visibility properties set to invisible are drawn translucently. That is...
04/27/2010
7689018Anomaly detection in volume data structure information
Failure part is detected using calculated structure information. In one embodiment, the failure part is detected by comparing path node positions, numbers of node positions, branch lengths, and branch positions. That is, it is detected that although nodes a2 ...
03/30/2010
7653231Image processing method and computer readable medium
An image processing method is provided capable of improving a response to a user in a case where a series of images using volume data are displayed by volume rendering. When the images are displayed by animation in an oscillating manner with amplitude, the amplitude...
01/26/2010
7647593Image processing system for volume rendering
A CPU 111m segments the jobs from each of the volume rendering processing on hand, prioritize processing sequence for each job, transmits one job which has reached the processing order to the computers (21 to 2k) on the accepting s...
01/12/2010
7639867Medical image generating apparatus and method, and program
An image processing apparatus acquires voxel data obtained by imaging an interior of a living body by a modality and generates a three-dimensional medical image by volume rendering using a ray casting method. The image processing apparatus generates the three-dimens...
12/29/2009
7639855Medical image processing apparatus, and medical image processing method
An image processing apparatus acquires three-dimensional volume data from a modality, and a start point, end point, etc. of an extraction target vessel. The image processing apparatus specifies cross sectional regions of the vessel sequentially from the designated s...
12/29/2009
7623695Image processing method and computer readable medium
In a screen image for a user to operate other processing unit while one processing unit is in an editing state, icons of [A: EDITING-COMPLETE], [B: EDITING-HALT], [C: EDITING], [D: EDITING-COMPLETE], [E: EDITING-HALT (CALCULATING)] and [OPERATION GUI] are included. ...
11/24/2009
7620224Image display method and image display program
A path 22 representing the center line of a curved cylinder 21 is acquired (step S1). The path 22 can be set by a GUI while a volume rendering image displayed on a display device is viewed. Alternatively, the path 22 can be set aut...
11/17/2009
7616205Image processing system for volume rendering
In an image processing system for generating an image of a three dimensional structure using a volume data, having a plurality of nodes coupled via a network, said one of plurality of nodes is constituted in combination with a control portion comprising at least a p...
11/10/2009
7574027Back projection method in image reconstruction
A back projection method in CT image reconstruction method in which projection data obtained by irradiating a subject with electromagnetic wave and detecting the electromagnetic wave transmitted through the subject are back-projected onto a CT image reconstruction r...
08/11/2009
7502025Image processing method and program for visualization of tubular tissue
A virtual ray makes one revolution around an imaginary path with an umbrella-like elevation angle θ kept constant with respect to the imaginary path to thereby generate a projected image. When the virtual ray is radiated obliquely, a shaded portion of an inner wall...
03/10/2009
 
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