US 12,243,249 B2
Volume rendering apparatus and method
Magnus Fredrik Wahrenberg, Edinburgh (GB)
Assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara (JP)
Filed by CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara (JP)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/660,065.
Prior Publication US 2023/0342957 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/38 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 7/38 (2017.01) [G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical image display apparatus, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to:
receive a plurality of frames acquired at different times or time phases, each comprising respective medical image data;
specify an order of priority for the plurality of frames;
select one or more frames from the plurality of frames based on the order of priority;
classify at least one segmentation object of segmentation objects included in the one or more selected frames; and
generate combined image data by combining the one or more selected frames, such that the at least one segmentation object of the segmentation objects of the one or more selected frames are aligned with each other in the combined image data.