Apparatus and methods for masking a portion of a moving image stream
First Claim
1. A method for imaging a portion of a body of a subject that undergoes a motion cycle, the method comprising:
- acquiring a plurality of image frames of the portion of the subject'"'"'s body;
identifying a given feature in at least some of the image frames;
image tracking the at least some image frames with respect to the feature, by aligning the at least some image frames with respect to the feature;
displaying, as a stream of image frames, the image frames that have been image tracked with respect to the first given feature; and
at least partially reducing visibility of a periphery of the displayed stream of image frames, wherein reducing the visibility of the periphery of the displayed stream of image frames comprises applying a mask to the displayed stream of image frames.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are described for imaging a portion of a body of a subject that undergoes a motion cycle, including acquiring a plurality of image frames of the portion of the subject'"'"'s body. A given feature is identified in at least some of the image frames. At least some image frames are image tracked with respect to the feature, and the image frames that have been image tracked with respect to the given feature are displayed as a stream of image frames. Visibility of a periphery of the displayed stream of image frames is at least partially reduced, by applying a mask to the displayed stream of image frames. Other applications are also described.
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1. A method for imaging a portion of a body of a subject that undergoes a motion cycle, the method comprising:
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acquiring a plurality of image frames of the portion of the subject'"'"'s body; identifying a given feature in at least some of the image frames; image tracking the at least some image frames with respect to the feature, by aligning the at least some image frames with respect to the feature; displaying, as a stream of image frames, the image frames that have been image tracked with respect to the first given feature; and at least partially reducing visibility of a periphery of the displayed stream of image frames, wherein reducing the visibility of the periphery of the displayed stream of image frames comprises applying a mask to the displayed stream of image frames. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. Apparatus for use with a portion of a body of a subject that undergoes a motion cycle, the apparatus comprising:
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an image-acquisition device configured to acquire a plurality of image frames of the portion of the subject'"'"'s body; a display; and at least one processor comprising; feature-identifying functionality configured to identify a given feature in at least some of the image frames; image-tracking functionality configured to image track at least some of the image frames with respect to the given feature, by aligning the at least some image frames with respect to the feature; and display-driving functionality configured; to drive the display to display, as a stream of image frames, the image frames that have been image tracked with respect to the first given feature, and to at least partially reduce visibility of a periphery of the displayed stream of image frames, wherein the display-driving functionality is configured to at least partially reduce the visibility of the periphery of the displayed stream of image frames, by applying a mask to the displayed stream of image frames. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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