Patents by Inventor Sato Natsuko

Sato Natsuko has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Image display method and image display apparatus
    Patent number: 6252599
    Abstract: In order to simultaneously display surface and internal conditions, an endoscope mode three-dimensional (3D) image T is displayed along with a peripheral image C which is a tomographic image of the periphery of the 3D image T. Moreover, in order to display reference images synchronously with change of field-of-view direction, a tomographic image in a cross section perpendicular to the field-of-view direction line is produced and displayed as a synchro axial image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited
    Inventors: Sato Natsuko, Azemoto Shogo, Gono Makoto, Minami Manabu