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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7813576 | Image processing apparatus A difference image is obtained between two images which are objects of comparative viewing, regardless of whether the images are processed images. A judgment means judges whether the two images are processed images, based on process confirmation data attached theret... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7620222 | Method, apparatus, and program for judging images Tumors are judged by a medical image diagnosis aiding apparatus that employs a computer, based on image patterns, which are obtained from the density values of images and which are inherent in medical images, in a manner approximating human visual perception. Candid... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7616789 | Method and apparatus for forming images and image furnishing service system In a first image forming method, a medical image of an object is inputted, and a normal structure image, which corresponds to the inputted medical image and represents a normal structure of the object, is artificially formed. In a second image forming method, a norm... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7496243 | Image display method and image display apparatus An image display apparatus and method which facilitate comparison of two or more images of an identical object. In one embodiment, three images to be compared are displayed at matched positions on an image display after going through the position-matching process co... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7359542 | Method and apparatus for detecting anomalous shadows A method and apparatus for accurately detecting the anomalous shadows occurring within an interimage image based on two or more images obtained of the same subject, wherein the artifacts occurring in the interimage image are reduced, is provided. A temporal subtract... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7346198 | Inter-image operation apparatus and method and image display apparatus and method An inter-image operation apparatus has temporal subtraction means for calculating a temporal subtraction image from two or more sets of base image data, and history data recording means for recording history data concerning the calculated temporal subtraction image ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7324660 | Image position matching apparatus and image processing apparatus An image position matching apparatus and an image processing apparatus capable of accurately matching the positions of a three-dimensional past image and a two-dimensional present image, even for cases in which fluctuation in the position of the subject has occurred... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315635 | Anatomical characteristic position detecting system, and object structure measurement system Shape information for use in generating an artificial image corresponding to an input medical image of an object is obtained, and an anatomical characteristic position of the object is detected on the basis of the shape information obtained. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310437 | Image processing method and system, and storage medium An image processing method and system in which the artifacts occurring in an interimage-difference image obtained based on two or more diagnostic images taken of the same subject are reduced. An image processing procedure is performed by which the artifacts occurrin... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7257245 | Image position matching method and apparatus therefor When position matching is performed on two images in which the soft tissue structures and the bone tissue structures are displaced in different directions, artifacts appearing in the subtraction image are reduced, and it becomes possible to perform the position matc... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245747 | Image processing method and apparatus and program for image processing Whether medical image data is provided with photographing information representing the object part and/or the direction of taking the image is judged, and the object part and/or the direction of taking the image of the medical image data is recognized on the basis o... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7162066 | Image display method and image display apparatus An image display apparatus and method which facilitate comparison of two or more images of an identical object. In one embodiment, three images to be compared are displayed at matched positions on an image display after going through the position-matching process co... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7054476 | Apparatus for automatically setting measurement reference element and measuring geometric feature of image In a measurement processing apparatus for measuring a geometric feature of an object image: a measurement-reference-element setting unit automatically sets at least one first measurement reference element for use in measurement of the geometric feature of the object... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7035445 | Image position matching method, apparatus and storage medium Performance of comparative reading of two or more images that are to become the objects of comparative reading is improved with respect to conventional means. An energy subtraction image forming means (structure-emphasized image obtaining means) obtains an energy su... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6915003 | Method and apparatus for matching positions of images Approximate position matching processing is firstly performed with respect to entire areas of two images of a single same object. Selection is then made to find local area limited regions, between which a degree of shift is high, in the two images, whose positions h... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6882744 | Method of registering images A method of registering two images is disclosed. To register a first image P1 with respect to a second image P2, a number of small regions (search ROIs) are set in first image P1, and a number of small regions (template ROIs) are also set in sec... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6751341 | Image position matching method and apparatus Template regions and corresponding search regions are set in two images. In each search region, a subregion in which a degree of image pattern coincidence with the corresponding template region is high, is determined. A position relationship between each template re... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6636627 | Light source direction estimating method and apparatus An image is obtained, which image has been formed by performing an image recording operation on an object under a substantially single light source, the object containing an area, which has approximately uniform surface reflectivity and which exhibits dif... | 10/21/2003 |
