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Medical apparatus and X-ray CT system

  • US 10,255,672 B2
  • Filed: 02/22/2013
  • Issued: 04/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical apparatus, comprising:

  • circuitry configured to;

    set an insertion route of a puncture needle for a subject to an image based on volume data,detect an outline of the volume data and scale the outline of the volume data such that the scaled outline of the volume data is a predetermined size and shape,according to the scaled outline of the volume data, generate a three dimensional graphic, which schematically represents the volume data, anddisplay, on a display, (i) the image, (ii) the three dimensional graphic, and (iii) a route image corresponding to a direction created by converting coordinate values of the insertion route into a predetermined scale size on the three dimensional graphic.

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