Image processing device and fluoroscopy device

US9198564B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9198564-B2
Application numberUS-201213654870-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 18, 2012
Priority dateApr 28, 2010
Publication dateDec 1, 2015
Grant dateDec 1, 2015

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Employed is an image processing device including a fluorescence-image generating unit that images fluorescence generated at a subject irradiated with excitation light and generates a fluorescence image; a white-light-image generating unit that images white light returned from the subject irradiated with illumination light and generates a white-light image; a memory that converts the white-light image to a plurality of color signals constituting a color space; an image computing unit that corrects the plurality of color signals converted by the memory using at least one color signal among the plurality of the color signals and the fluorescence image; an image computing unit that generates a corrected image from the plurality of color signals corrected by the image computing unit; and an image combining unit that combines the fluorescence image generated by the fluorescence-image generating unit and the corrected image generated by the image computing unit.

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The invention claimed is: 1. An image processing device comprising hardware, the image processing device being configured to implement: a fluorescence-image generating unit configured to image fluorescence generated at a subject irradiated with excitation light and generate a fluorescence image; a return-light-image generating unit configured to image return light returned from the subject irradiated with illumination light and generate a return-light image; a color convertin…

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What does patent US9198564B2 cover?
Employed is an image processing device including a fluorescence-image generating unit that images fluorescence generated at a subject irradiated with excitation light and generates a fluorescence image; a white-light-image generating unit that images white light returned from the subject irradiated with illumination light and generates a white-light image; a memory that converts the white-light…
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Olympus Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification A61B1/05. Mapped technology areas include Human Necessities.
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Publication date Tue Dec 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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