Apparatus and method for radiographic diagnosis
June 10, 2012. 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 ReferencesImage averaging for angiography by registration and combination of serial images Radiographic method and apparatus for the visualization of the interior of a body particularly useful for the visualization of a subject's circulatory system Apparatus and method for enhancement of video images X-ray diagnostic installation with subtraction stage Apparatus for processing an X-ray image Method and system for displaying X-ray images of blood-vessel structure parts of subject Image processing apparatus Coronary tracking display X-ray diagnostic apparatus comprising means for the enlarged visual display of a selectable detail of the overall image Image display apparatus for radiation diagnosis Patent #: 5161178 InventorApplicationNo. 896445 filed on 06/10/1992US Classes:600/425, With tomographic imaging obtained from electromagnetic wave378/98.2, Televison382/132, X-ray film analysis (e.g., radiography)382/284, Combining image portions (e.g., portions of oversized documents)600/431Detectable material placed in bodyExaminersPrimary: Cohen, Lee S.Assistant: Pfaffle, K. M. Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassA61B 006/00Foreign Application Priority Data1991-06-12 JPAbstractA radiographic diagnostic apparatus for irradiating radiations to the subject for diagnosis, which comprises radiation generator section for irradiating radiations to the subject, detecting section for detecting radiations passing through the subject, and converting the detection results into image data, the image data containing first image data before catheter insertion and second image data after catheter insertion, extracting section for extracting the desired portion from the first image data, image synthesizing section for combining the portion extracted at the extracting section with either the first image data or the second image data and converting the overlapping areas in the resulting combined data into different data to form third image data, and display section for displaying the third image data obtained at the image synthesizing section.Other References
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