Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Contour image generating device and nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus
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Application No.: US15034148Application Date: 2013-11-05
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Publication No.: US09750475B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Yoshiyuki Yamakawa
- Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/079900 WO 20131105
- International Announcement: WO2015/068204 WO 20150514
- Main IPC: G01T1/164
- IPC: G01T1/164 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B6/03 ; G01T1/29 ; G06T7/149

Abstract:
A contour extracting unit of a contour image generating device performs one-time contour extraction to a two-dimensional reconstruction image by a contour extracting model so as to extract a second shape of a contour from a first shape of a contour. A completion determining unit determines whether or not a rate of change is smaller than a threshold. The rate of change is a ratio of a varied area and a sum of pixel values of pixels in the varied area, the varied area being between the first shape of the contour and the second shape of the contour. When the rate of change is large, a repetitive controller performs control to operate the contour extracting unit and the like again. When the rate of change is small, the repetitive controller performs control to output a two-dimensional contour image containing the second shape of the contour.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160278726A1 CONTOUR IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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