US 12,390,172 B2
Method and apparatus for displaying medical images
Erin Beveridge, Edinburgh (GB); Brian Mohr, Edinburgh (GB); Naotaka Sakashita, Utsunomiya (JP); and Ryo Okuda, Utsunomiya (JP)
Assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara (JP)
Filed by CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara (JP)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/180,098.
Prior Publication US 2022/0265183 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 6/032 (2013.01) [A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 6/467 (2013.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/504 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image display apparatus, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to receive medical image data of a subject obtained from scanning the subject with one of a CT (Computed Tomography) scanner, a cone-beam CT scanner, an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scanner, an X-ray scanner, an ultrasound scanner, a PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scanner, or a SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography) scanner, wherein the medical image data includes a representation of at least one eye of the subject, wherein the medical image data comprises at least one of two-dimensional brain scan data or three-dimensional brain scan data; and
eye gaze detection circuitry configured to process the medical image data to determine whether there is a sustained deviation of an eye gaze direction for the at least one eye of the subject as represented in the medical image data, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to
select, from a plurality of display modes, a display mode for displaying the medical image data in dependence on a result of the determination; and
control a display to display a user interface with user-selectable display elements, and in response to selection of one of the display elements by a user, transform and display the medical image data using the selected display mode, such that the display mode used by the display depends on whether there is a sustained deviation of an eye gaze direction for the at least one eye of the subject as represented in the medical image data, and
wherein the apparatus further comprises rendering circuitry configured to receive, from the eye gaze detection circuitry, an indication of an eye region of the subject within the medical image data, and render on the display, in the user interface in the selected display mode, at least one image showing the eye region.