Image display method and image display apparatus
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1. An image display method for displaying two or more images of an identical object to be compared, the method comprising:
- applying a non-linear warping operation to the two or more images so that the two or more images are displayed together in a row or a column with positions of a structural feature area of the identical object in the two or more images aligned horizontally or vertically.
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Abstract
An image display apparatus and method which facilitate comparison of two or more images of an identical object. In one embodiment, three images to be compared are displayed at matched positions on an image display after going through the position-matching process conducted by the position matching means, in which the vertical positions of a structural feature area (or a anatomical feature area) of the object are aligned horizontally.
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1. An image display method for displaying two or more images of an identical object to be compared, the method comprising:
applying a non-linear warping operation to the two or more images so that the two or more images are displayed together in a row or a column with positions of a structural feature area of the identical object in the two or more images aligned horizontally or vertically. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 17, 20, 24, 26, 28, 30)
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8. An image display apparatus for displaying two or more images of an identical object to be compared, comprising
image display means for displaying the two or more images subject to a non-linear warping operation on the display; - and
position matching means for arranging the two or more images in a row or a column so that positions of a structural feature area of the identical object in the two or more images are aligned horizontally or vertically. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31)
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