IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
First Claim
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an image creating unit that acquires three-dimensional histology information about tissue inside a subject and three-dimensional fluid information about fluid moving inside the subject both of which are created based on a reflection wave of an ultrasonic wave transmitted to the inside of the subject, creates three-dimensional particle information converted from the three-dimensional fluid information by arranging a plurality of particles in three dimensions in a scattered manner in an area in which the fluid is present in the three-dimensional fluid information, and creates a composite image based on created three-dimensional particle information and the three-dimensional histology information; and
a display control unit that controls display of the composite image created by the image creating unit so as to be displayed onto a predetermined display unit.
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Abstract
A tissue-image creating unit creates a tissue image including depth values by volume rendering from three-dimensional tissue data stored in a three-dimensional data storage unit. A blood-flow data converting unit scatters a blood flow in three-dimensional blood-flow data stored in the three-dimensional data storage unit into particles, and converts the three-dimensional blood-flow data into three-dimensional particle data. A blood-flow image creating unit creates a blood-flow image including depth values from the three-dimensional particle data. A composite-image creating unit then creates a composite image by coordinating the order of rendering particles and tissue based on the depth values of respective pixels included in the tissue image and the depth values of respective particles included in the blood-flow image. A display control unit then controls display of the composite image so as to be displayed in order onto a monitor included in an output unit.
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11 Claims
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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an image creating unit that acquires three-dimensional histology information about tissue inside a subject and three-dimensional fluid information about fluid moving inside the subject both of which are created based on a reflection wave of an ultrasonic wave transmitted to the inside of the subject, creates three-dimensional particle information converted from the three-dimensional fluid information by arranging a plurality of particles in three dimensions in a scattered manner in an area in which the fluid is present in the three-dimensional fluid information, and creates a composite image based on created three-dimensional particle information and the three-dimensional histology information; and a display control unit that controls display of the composite image created by the image creating unit so as to be displayed onto a predetermined display unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product having a computer readable medium including programmed instructions for processing an image, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform:
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acquiring three-dimensional histology information about tissue inside a subject and three-dimensional fluid information about fluid moving inside the subject both of which are created based on a reflection wave of an ultrasonic wave transmitted to the inside of the subject, creating three-dimensional particle information converted from the three-dimensional fluid information by arranging a plurality of particles in three dimensions in a scattered manner in an area in which the fluid is present in the three-dimensional fluid information, and creating a composite image based on created three-dimensional particle information and the three-dimensional histology information; and controlling display of the composite image so as to be displayed onto a predetermined display unit.
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