Ultrasonic endoscope device
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1. An ultrasonic endoscope device comprising:
- an optical image obtaining device that obtains an optical image of an examinee;
an ultrasonic-image obtaining device that obtains an ultrasonic image of the examinee;
a positional-information obtaining device that obtains positional information of the optical image obtaining device to the examinee upon obtaining the optical image; and
a matching circuit that matches an optical image obtained from the optical image obtaining device to the ultrasonic image obtained from the ultrasonic-image obtaining device based on the positional information obtained by the positional-information obtaining device.
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Abstract
An ultrasonic endoscope device includes an optical image obtaining device that obtains an optical image of an examinee, an ultrasonic-image obtaining device that obtains an ultrasonic image of the examinee, a positional-information obtaining device that obtains positional information of the optical image obtaining device with respect to the examinee upon obtaining the optical image, and a matching circuit that matches up an optical image obtained from the optical image obtaining device with the ultrasonic image obtained from the ultrasonic-image obtaining device based on the positional information obtained by the positional-information obtaining device.
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1. An ultrasonic endoscope device comprising:
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an optical image obtaining device that obtains an optical image of an examinee;
an ultrasonic-image obtaining device that obtains an ultrasonic image of the examinee;
a positional-information obtaining device that obtains positional information of the optical image obtaining device to the examinee upon obtaining the optical image; and
a matching circuit that matches an optical image obtained from the optical image obtaining device to the ultrasonic image obtained from the ultrasonic-image obtaining device based on the positional information obtained by the positional-information obtaining device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An ultrasonic endoscope device comprising:
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optical image obtaining means that obtains an optical image of an examinee;
ultrasonic image obtaining means that obtains an ultrasonic image of the examinee;
positional-information obtaining means that obtains positional information of the optical image obtaining means with respect to the examinee upon obtaining the optical image; and
matching means that performs the matching of the optical image obtained by the optical image obtaining means and the ultrasonic image obtained by the ultrasonic-image obtaining means based on the positional information obtained by the positional-information obtaining means. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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