MEDICAL DEVICE
First Claim
1. A medical device, comprising:
- an image pickup section that is able to pick up an image of a tube cavity in a body of a subject;
a virtual endoscopic image generation section configured to generate a virtual endoscopic image in the tube cavity from a plurality of different line-of-sight positions based on three-dimensional image data of the subject that is obtained in advance;
an image retrieval section configured to retrieve a virtual endoscopic image highly similar to the endoscopic image of the tube cavity picked up by the image pickup section; and
a reference-point setting section configured to set a predetermined position near the image pickup section as a reference point based on the line-of-sight positions of the highly similar virtual endoscopic image.
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Abstract
A medical device for examination or treatment based on a reference point, including: an image pickup section capable of picking up an image of a bronchus in a patient; a VBS image generation section configured to generate a virtual endoscopic image of bronchus in a patient from a plurality of different line-of-sight positions based on three-dimensional image data of the patient that is obtained in advance; an image retrieval section configured to retrieve a virtual endoscopic image highly similar to the endoscopic image of the bronchus picked up by the image pickup section; and a reference-point setting section configured to set a predetermined position near the image pickup section as a reference point based on the line-of-sight positions of the highly similar virtual endoscopic image.
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1. A medical device, comprising:
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an image pickup section that is able to pick up an image of a tube cavity in a body of a subject; a virtual endoscopic image generation section configured to generate a virtual endoscopic image in the tube cavity from a plurality of different line-of-sight positions based on three-dimensional image data of the subject that is obtained in advance; an image retrieval section configured to retrieve a virtual endoscopic image highly similar to the endoscopic image of the tube cavity picked up by the image pickup section; and a reference-point setting section configured to set a predetermined position near the image pickup section as a reference point based on the line-of-sight positions of the highly similar virtual endoscopic image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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