Method and apparatus for video presentation from a variety of scanner imaging sources
Patent 5099846 Issued on March 31, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date: 
March 31, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
March 31, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesInput-output-color-screen system Superposed image display device Image data management system Programmable pipelined image processor System and method for determining orientation of planes of imaging Means to correlate images from scans taken at different times including means to determine the minimum distances between a patient anatomical contour and a correlating surface Patent #: 4977505 InventorApplicationNo. 290316 filed on 12/23/1988US Classes:600/407, Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation378/4, Computerized tomography378/98.12, With image subtraction or addition378/98.8, With solid-state image detector600/417, With stereotactic device600/429, With stereotactic device606/130Stereotaxic deviceExaminersPrimary: Smith, Ruth S.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA61B 005/05AbstractThe disclosure is directed to a method and apparatus for presenting a plurality of scanning images in a video presentation. The disclosure is particularly directed to the use of such an apparatus and method in stereotactic surgery, wherein acquisition of a plurality of scanner images, conversion of these images into a selected standard format, storage of the acquired and converted images, selective recall and display of at least two of the images, and independent manipulation of each of the images for comparision are provided. Probe placement can be simulated and the images can be enhanced in various ways. The images used can be, for example, CT, PET, X-ray, DSA, isotope, and NMR scans. Brain map atlas images can be superimposed on and fitted to the scan images of a particular brain. Video displays of three dimensional simulations can also be produced.Other References
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