MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL DISPLAY IMAGE GENERATION METHOD
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1. A medical imaging apparatus comprising:
- a positioning image acquisition unit which acquires a positioning image concerning a subject;
a unit which sets an region of interest in the positioning image in accordance with specification performed by an operator;
a monitoring image acquisition unit which repeatedly acquires a monitoring image concerning the subject at predetermined time intervals; and
a generation unit which combines an region-of-interest image representing the region of interest with the monitoring image to generate a display image every time the monitoring image is acquired.
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Abstract
A medical imaging apparatus includes a positioning image acquisition unit which acquires a positioning image concerning a subject, a unit which sets an region of interest in the positioning image in accordance with specification performed by an operator, a monitoring image acquisition unit which repeatedly acquires a monitoring image concerning the subject at predetermined time intervals, and a generation unit which combines an region-of-interest image representing the region of interest with the monitoring image to generate a display image every time the monitoring image is acquired.
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1. A medical imaging apparatus comprising:
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a positioning image acquisition unit which acquires a positioning image concerning a subject; a unit which sets an region of interest in the positioning image in accordance with specification performed by an operator; a monitoring image acquisition unit which repeatedly acquires a monitoring image concerning the subject at predetermined time intervals; and a generation unit which combines an region-of-interest image representing the region of interest with the monitoring image to generate a display image every time the monitoring image is acquired. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A medical display image generation method comprising:
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acquiring a positioning image concerning a subject; setting an region of interest in the positioning image in accordance with specification made by an operator; repeatedly acquiring a monitoring image concerning the subject at predetermined time intervals; combining an region-of-interest image showing the region of interest with the monitoring image to display a display image every time the monitoring image is acquired.
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