Abstract: A blood vessel scanning system and method are provided, which are adapted for user identification. The blood vessel scanning system is implemented for a head-mounted image viewing device. The blood vessel scanning method comprises the following steps: determining whether a user is authorized or not according to the blood vessel scanning image of the user; if the user is an authorized user, the blood vessel scanning system adjusts lens degree of the head-mounted image viewing device according to the pre-stored visual information of the user.

Abstract: A method for predicting a blood glucose level using a near-Infrared (NIR) spectrometer is provided. The method may include obtaining a feature set from an NIR glucose spectra; and predicting glucose values from the feature set based on a binary classification of the NIR glucose spectra and an in-class prediction of glucose using Machine Learning Regression.

Abstract: Method and instrument for analysing a tissue sample. Localized concentrations of an analyte are measured at a plurality of spaced apart locations around a controlled depth. Spatial variance of the analyte is calculated based on the measured analyte concentrations. The procedure is repeated while varying the controlled depth to obtain the spatial variance as a function of depth. Tissue at a particular depth may be evaluated as tumour tissue when the spatial variance is below the threshold. For example, a section distance is calculated between the tissue surface and a depth where the measured spatial variance crosses a predetermined threshold variance. Feedback can be provided based on a comparison between a calculated section distance and a pre-set minimum section margin.

Abstract: Systems and methods of use involving sensors having a particle-containing domain are provided for continuous analyte measurement in a host. In some embodiments, a continuous analyte measurement system is configured to be wholly, transcutaneously, intravascularly or extracorporeally implanted.

Abstract: Devices associated with on-body analyte sensor units are disclosed. These devices include any of packaging and/or loading systems, applicators and elements of the on-body sensor units themselves. Also, various approaches to connecting electrochemical analyte sensors to and/or within associated on-body analyte sensor units are disclosed. The connector approaches variously involve the use of unique sensor and ancillary element arrangements to facilitate assembly of separate electronics assemblies and sensor elements that are kept apart until the end user brings them together.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a device that allows measuring blood sugar levels in mammals—primarily humans—by measuring the refraction of electromagnetic radiation from the skin or body tissue, without the need for invasive sampling, such as penetrating or pricking the skin. The device uses the blue light portion of the visible spectrum and near-infrared (IR) radiation as a source of electromagnetic radiation. The device falls within the field of medical diagnostics and is essentially designed to be portable, so that the users can wear it on their wrists, for example. The signals of reflected light/radiation measured by the sensor unit are filtered by the frequency filtering set and mathematically processed in order to Calculate the current blood sugar level. The accuracy of the measurement result of the device is comparable to the results obtained with the standard method of measuring by blood sampling. A method for measuring of blood sugar level using said device is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for the non-invasive optical in-vivo determining of the glucose concentration in flowing blood in a blood vessel inside a body, wherein the body is irradiated with ultrasonic radiation with an ultrasonic frequency to mark a blood vessel, wherein the body with the blood vessel is illuminated with light having at least one first light wavelength, wherein the intensity of the back-scattered light depends on the glucose concentration, wherein the body with the blood vessel is illuminated with light having a second light wavelength that lies in the range of a water absorption line, the position of which depends on the temperature of the blood, wherein the respective back-scattered light is detected by at least one detector, wherein, using an evaluation unit, respective signal portions modulated by a modulation frequency depending on the ultrasonic frequency are extracted from the detector signals measured at the detector, wherein an indicator value for the glucose con

Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating non-invasive and non-skin piercing monitoring of blood glucose according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes receiving a body part including a finger, where the body part in the placement area causes interruptions in the running of a light. The method may further include detecting initial readings corresponding to the interruptions, the initial readings including signals, where a signal is generated each time the light is interrupted while passing through the body part, calculating absolute values based on the initial readings, and computing a final glucose reading based on the absolute values.

Abstract: Membrane systems incorporating silicone polymers are described for use in implantable analyte sensors. Some layers of the membrane system may comprise a blend of a silicone polymer with a hydrophilic polymer, for example, a triblock poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) polymer. Such polymeric blends provide for both high oxygen solubility and aqueous analyte solubility.

Abstract: A device for measuring the concentration of a compound present in the blood includes an adjustable substrate suitable for covering a part of the human body, the adjustable substrate including a light source emitting light beams at at least one wavelength in a range ranging from 700 nm to 3000 nm, the light beams being backscattered by the part of the human body constituting a backscattering source, and at least one photodiode receiver, and a method for measuring the concentration of a chemical compound in blood.

Abstract: A first medical device can acquire a physiological parameter value from a patient and communicate the physiological parameter value to a medical network interface. The medical network interface can link a patient ID associated with the physiological parameter and a device ID associated with the first medical device with the medical network interface's device ID. The medical network interface can pass the physiological parameter value to a second medical device for further processing or routing to another medical device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biointerface membrane for use with an implantable device that interferes with the formation of a barrier cell layer including; a first domain distal to the implantable device wherein the first domain supports tissue attachment and interferes with barrier cell layer formation and a second domain proximal to the implantable device wherein the second domain is resistant to cellular attachment and is impermeable to cells. In addition, the present invention provides sensors including the biointerface membrane, implantable devices including these sensors or biointerface membranes, and methods of monitoring glucose levels in a host utilizing the analyte detection implantable device of the invention. Other implantable devices which include the biointerface membrane of the present invention, such as devices for cell transplantation, drug delivery devices, and electrical signal delivery or measuring devices are also provided.

Abstract: A reagentless whole-blood analyte detection system that is capable of being deployed near a patient has a source capable of emitting a beam of radiation that includes a spectral band. The whole-blood system also has a detector in an optical path of the beam. The whole-blood system also has a housing that is configured to house the source and the detector. The whole-blood system also has a sample element that is situated in the optical path of the beam. The sample element has a sample cell and a sample cell wall that does not eliminate transmittance of the beam of radiation in the spectral band.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to receiving bodily fluid through a device opening. In one aspect, the device includes a flow activator arranged to cause fluid to be released from a subject. A deployment actuator may actuate the flow activator in a deployment direction, which may in turn cause fluid release from a subject. The flow activator may also be moved in a retraction direction by a retraction actuator. In one aspect, the device may include a vacuum source that may help facilitate fluid flow into the opening of the device and/or may help facilitate fluid flow from the opening to a storage chamber. In one aspect, a device actuator may enable fluid communication between the opening and the vacuum source and the flow activator may be actuated after the enablement of fluid communication.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a catheter, an introducer having a first member and a second member, a locking mechanism coupled to a distal end of the first member and configured to couple the introducer to a peripheral intravenous line, and an actuator coupled to the catheter. The actuator is configured to move from a first configuration, in which the catheter is disposed within the introducer, toward a second configuration to move the second member to a distal position relative to the first member. A portion of a guide of the second member being distal to the first member when the second member is in the distal position. The actuator is configured to move relative to the second member to be placed in the second configuration when the second member is in its distal position such that the catheter is disposed within and extending past an end of the peripheral intravenous line.

Abstract: A diagnostic tool for assessing symptoms of neurodevelopmental conditions or disorders of patients and providing an objective measurement of symptoms of such conditions or disorders, including deficiencies in social competency of a patient. The tool can include a health data collection interface enabling a patent to interact with the tool and provide feedback to stimulus provided by the diagnostic tool in in each of at least three test areas related to the patient's ability to intuit emotional state from physical cues. The tool can further include an automated health data assessment device configured to obtain the social feedback of the patient for each test area of the at least three test areas, and to automatically assess social competency of the patient based on the social feedback and to generate an objective measurement of the social competency of the patient for use in diagnosing the patient for a potential neurodevelopmental condition.

Abstract: Systems and methods capture light reflected back from a patient's fundus and compares the resulting images to prior images, to determine if the patient is experiencing intraocular inflammation or atrophy.

Abstract: The disclosed invention provides a fluid sensing device and method capable of collecting a fluid sample, concentrating the sample with respect to one or more target analytes, and measuring the target analyte(s) in the concentrated sample. The invention is also capable of determining the change in molarity of the fluid sample with respect to the target analyte(s), as the sample is concentrated by the device. The invention further includes a method for using a fluid sensing device to concentrate a fluid sample with respect to one or more target analytes. The disclosed method further includes the ability to correlate the measured target analyte concentration to a physiological condition of a device wearer, or of a fluid source.

Abstract: A monitoring device for monitoring a plurality of parameters of a patient that includes a first sensor placed on the chest wall of a patient, a cord connecting the first sensor to a second sensor placed on a major artery of the upper arm of the patient, and an inflatable cuff placed around the upper arm of the patient. The device includes a screen that displays one of the plurality of parameters and the date and time the parameter was measured. The device can include an automatic messaging system and an automatic alert system, functioning as a standalone unit. When connected to a computer or mobile device, medical personnel can access an obstetric electronic health system to obtain medical guidelines based on alerts from the device. Personnel with the device at a remote center can communicate with a designated center with emergency obstetric care through this electronic health system.

Abstract: A method of detecting contractions in a user, the method may include providing alternating current with a determined frequency, through a first path in an abdominal tissue, between at least a first pair of electrodes positioned apart from each other over a first abdominal surface of the user. The method may further include repeatedly measuring a response of the abdominal tissue to excitation by the alternating current passing between at least a pair of electrodes, identifying at least one muscle contraction according to the changes in the response, and determining occurrence of uterine contractions based on at least one characteristic of the at least one muscle contraction. A system for detecting contractions in a user may include an alternating current generator, at least two electrodes, and a processor, operatively coupled to the at least two electrodes.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described for setting rehabilitation goals for a patient, measuring patient movements, storing the movement data for later transfer to a computer, displaying progress indicators and inspirational messages based on progress towards goals, reporting movement, skin temperature and swelling data to a caregiver so that they monitor compliance and be aware of potential infection. The invention consolidates data from motion, temperature and swelling sensors placed on the patient with data received directly from the patient in response to questions displayed on a tablet computer screen, to create one or more representative values indicating the patient's current status. These representative values may include the patient's degree of compliance with their prescribed exercise and icing regimen; their degree of wellness based on their self-reported pain scale and sensed temperature and limb swelling; and their current level of physical activity as detected by the motion sensors.

Abstract: A hearing assistance device adapted to be worn by a wearer comprises a processor configured to generate a sequence of audio cues that audibly guide the wearer through a series of actions involving the wearer's head and neck in accordance with a predetermined corrective or therapeutic maneuver. A speaker is configured to play back the sequence of audio cues for reception by the wearer. One or more sensors are configured to sense movement of the head during each of the actions. The processor is configured to determine if head movement for an action associated with each audio cue has been correctly executed by the wearer, and produce an output indicative of successful or unsuccessful execution of the actions by the wearer.

Abstract: Methods of coaching a user of a breathalyzer to make use of correct blowing technique when blowing into the breathalyzer are provided. Methods of setting up a breathalyzer such that it adjusts a breathalyzer's parameters to account for jurisdictional variations in blood and/or breath alcohol limits and other standards are also provided.

Abstract: In some implementations, a mobile device can adjust an alarm setting based on the sleep onset latency duration detected for a user of the mobile device. For example, sleep onset latency can be the amount of time it takes for the user to fall asleep after the user attempts to go to sleep (e.g., goes to bed). The mobile device can determine when the user intends or attempts to go to sleep based on detected sleep ritual activities. Sleep ritual activities can include those activities a user performs in preparation for sleep. The mobile device can determine when the user is asleep based on detected sleep signals (e.g., biometric data, sounds, etc.). In some implementations, the mobile device can determine recurring patterns of long or short sleep onset latency and present suggestions that might help the user sleep better or feel more rested.

Abstract: A computer system apparatus and a method carried out by such apparatus for interacting with a user via a behavior intervention designed to cause an increase in emotional well-being of the user. The behavior intervention has a plurality of conditions to be satisfied. The process includes receiving input data from the user during the behavior intervention, performing, on at least a portion of the received input data having text, semantic analysis to identify terms that satisfy the plurality of conditions and assessing, based on an amount of completeness of satisfying the plurality of conditions, a level of adherence to the behavior intervention. When one or more of the plurality of conditions are determined not as satisfied, the process includes generating a prompt designed to elicit, from the user, a response specific to satisfying the missing conditions.

Abstract: An autonomous drug delivery system advantageously utilizes physiological monitor outputs so as to automatically give a bolus of a rescue drug or other necessary medication when certain criteria and confidence levels are met. An emergency button is provided to manually trigger administration of the rescue drug. The rescue drug may be an opioid antagonist in response to an analgesia overdose, a hypotensive drug to avert an excessive drop in blood pressure or an anti-arrhythmia drug to suppress abnormal heartbeats, to name a few.

Abstract: This invention is related to a cable system (1) having a sensor, integrated onto the implant, which is attached to the femur bone and which envelopes the femur bone, enabling to measure the force applied on the femur bone by implants providing the required force, and which also carries out the enveloping force that is required in order for the implant to be used efficiently.

Abstract: An implantable device includes at least one solid structure having an external surface and a volume beneath the surface. One or more of a first conductor or set of conductors is disposed externally and/or internally on or within the structure and an array of elongate electrically conductive elements are disposed radially outwardly within the volume. A breach is detected when a conductive fluid intrudes into the volume through the surface.

Abstract: A wearable sensing device having a first and second opening, a first semipermeable membrane having a first surface and a second surface, and a second semipermeable membrane having a third and fourth surface, a ketone body sensor, and a void. The first opening is juxtaposed to the first surface and the second opening is juxtaposed to the third surface. The space between the first and second openings is the void and wherein the ketone body sensor is positioned within the void. Gasses may permeate through the first opening and into the void to contact the sensor and exit the void through the second opening. The sensor may be in direct skin contact with vapor dissipation being enabled through ventilation. Ventilation will be facilitated by microgrooves on the sensor surface or through vent openings in the encasement.

Abstract: A wearable monitoring device comprising a printed circuit board having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the printed circuit board is configured to couple to at least one sensor configured to monitor a physiological condition; a first padding layer coupled to the printed circuit board proximate the first side; a second padding layer coupled to the printed circuit board proximate the second side; a first protective layer coupled to the first padding layer opposite the printed circuit board; a second protective layer coupled to the second padding layer opposite the printed circuit board, the first protective layer and the second protective layer seal together and enclose the first and second padding and the printed circuit board; a power source coupled to the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A respiratory sensor system provides the ability to determine a respiration rate. The respiratory sensor system may include a respiratory sensor and a software solution, where the software solution determines respiration rate from the respiratory sensor (e.g., microphone) located on the bridge of the user's nose. The respiratory sensor may be placed on or near the nose, such as a microphone located in the nosepiece of a pair of glasses. Due to the placement of the microphone and the respiration detection system design, the wearer respiration rate can be determined reliably even with ambient noise and movement. This makes the respiration rate calculation accessible and reliable, both for everyday wear and for extreme situations such as sports.

Abstract: A medical treatment device having a housing releasably engagable with a portion of a living organism comprising a force sensor in electronic communication with an electronic processing unit and a power source; wherein the electronic processing unit is in electronic communication with an indication device, wherein the electronic processing unit is capable of electronic communication with the indication device, or a combination thereof. Methods of using the device are also disclosed.

Abstract: One variation of a method for testing contact quality of electrical-biosignal electrodes includes: outputting a drive signal through a driven electrode, the drive signal comprising an alternating-current component oscillating at a reference frequency and a direct-current component; reading a set of sense signals from a set of sense electrodes at a first time; calculating a first combination of the set of sense signals; calculating a first direct-current value comprising a combination of the first combination and the direct-current component of the drive signal at approximately the first time; and at a second time succeeding the first time, shifting the direct-current component of the drive signal output by the driven electrode to the first direct-current value.

Abstract: One aspect relates to a conductive polymer composite based sensor, a detection unit comprising such sensor, a method for manufacturing a conductive polymer composite based sensor, and a use of the conductive polymer composite based sensor or the detection unit. The conductive polymer composite based sensor includes a substrate and a sensor material. The sensor material includes an insulating polymer matrix component and an electrically conductive component dispersed in the polymer matrix component to form the conductive polymer composite. The sensor material is pre-strained and applied to the substrate to form the sensor.

Abstract: A multi-electrode applicator includes a carrier with recesses formed in pre-selected locations on one side. Each recess carries an electrode, and optionally both an applicator and an electrode, so that, when that side of the carrier is applied to a surface, the electrodes engage the surface in their pre-selected locations. An adhesive is applied to the underside of the carrier to cause the carrier to stick to the skin surface. A release paper may be applied over the adhesive so that, when the paper is removed, the adhesive is exposed and the carrier can then be stuck to the skin. The carrier may be flat or curved, and the electrodes may be self-embedding electrodes, a stimulating- or recording-type electrode, or a ground electrode-reference electrode pair. Electrical conductor connects the electrode to a monitor directly or via a multi-pin connector.

Abstract: Described herein is an algorithm to remove decorrelation noise due to bulk motion in optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). OCTA B-frames are divided into segments within which the bulk motion velocity could be assumed constant. This velocity is recovered using linear regression of decorrelation versus the logarithm of reflectance in axial lines (A-lines) identified as bulk tissue by percentile analysis. The fitting parameters are used to calculate a reflectance-adjusted threshold for bulk motion decorrelation. Below this threshold, voxels are identified as non-flow tissue, and their flow values are set to zeros. Above this threshold, the voxels are identified as flow voxels and bulk motion velocity is subtracted from each using a nonlinear decorrelation-velocity relationship.

Abstract: An electronic fitness device comprises first and second optical transmitters, an optical receiver, and a processing element. The first optical transmitter is configured to transmit a first optical signal having a first wavelength. The second optical transmitter is configured to transmit a first optical signal having a second wavelength. The optical receiver is configured to receive the first and second optical signals and to generate first and second photoplethysmogram (PPG) signals respectively resulting from the received optical signals. The processing element is configured to control the first and second optical transmitters to transmit the first and second optical signals, receive the first and second PPG signals, and utilize the second PPG signal to reduce a noise component from the first PPG signal.

Abstract: A pacing signal processing method, a system and an electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor, the method includes collecting at a high sampling rate the original ECG signal from a surface, obtaining the parameter and position information of a pacing signal according to the sampling points, and displaying the pacing signal morphology and/or parameter information of the pacing signal.

Abstract: An adaptive controller used in a photoplethysmography sensing system, comprises a plurality of hardware circuits which are configured to: receive a photoplethysmography signal (hereinafter, “PPG signal”) processed; determine whether the PPG signal processed satisfies with a requirement; output the PPG signal processed if the PPG signal processed satisfies with a requirement; and adjust a gain of an amplifier for amplifying the PPG signal and/or a driving signal of a light source if the PPG signal processed does not satisfy with a requirement.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for cognitive analysis of e-tattoo acquired palpation measurements. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of cognitive analysis of e-tattoo acquired palpation measurements includes receiving pressure data from an e-tattoo affixed to surgical gloves in connection with a contemporaneous palpation of a patient and storing the received pressure data in a data store. The method also includes retrieving from the data store previously stored pressure data also received from a different e-tattoo affixed to different surgical gloves in connection with a previous palpation of the patient. Finally, the method includes generating in a display of a computer a visualization of a comparison of the pressure data both received and previously stored.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for cognitive analysis of e-tattoo acquired palpation measurements. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of cognitive analysis of e-tattoo acquired palpation measurements includes receiving pressure data from an e-tattoo affixed to surgical gloves in connection with a contemporaneous palpation of a patient and storing the received pressure data in a data store. The method also includes retrieving from the data store previously stored pressure data also received from a different e-tattoo affixed to different surgical gloves in connection with a previous palpation of the patient. Finally, the method includes generating in a display of a computer a visualization of a comparison of the pressure data both received and previously stored.

Abstract: Device for measuring blood pressure hemodynamically in blood vessels at one or more body locations comprising light source; at least three sensors including an array of at least three optical sensors, for receiving light and for obtaining a signal over time comprising temporal per pixel information for at least two wavelengths of light, and corresponding to a flow of blood within a blood vessel over time; a processing unit configured to receive the signal and generate a continuous dynamic blood pressure reading by using the temporal per pixel information for the at least two wavelengths of light to produce heart rate signals from the blood flow, and by applying a modified Windkessel model on the signal such that the blood pressure also depends on a spatial temporal pressure resistance function over time that depends on a body location of the blood flow over time, the pressure resistance function representing elastance/stiffness.

Abstract: A coordinate plane formed by a first coordinate axis associated with a parameter (A) and a second coordinate axis associated with a parameter (B) is displayed. A first reference line indicates a first reference value (A1) of the parameter (A). A second reference line indicates a second reference value (A2) of the parameter (A). A third reference line indicates a first reference value (B1) of the parameter (B). A fourth reference line indicates a second reference value (B2) of the parameter (B). A first plot indicates a combination of values of the parameters (A) and (B) that are measured at a present time point. Each of second plots indicates a combination of values of the parameter (A) and the parameter (B) that are measured at one of past time points. A region defined inside the reference lines is displayed on such a position that includes a center of the coordinate plane.

Abstract: Handheld medical diagnostic instrument that provides high time-resolution pulse waveforms associated with multiple parameters including blood pressure measurements, blood oxygen saturation levels, electrocardiograph (ECG) measurements, and temperature measurements. The device stores and analyzes the pulse waveforms simultaneously obtained from all tests, and thereby allows an unusually detailed view into the functioning of the user's cardiovascular heart-lung system. The device is designed for use by unskilled or semi-skilled users, thus enabling sophisticated cardiovascular measurements to be obtained in a home environment. Data from the device can be analyzed onboard, with local computerized devices, and/or with remote server based systems. The device or remote server may be configured to analyze this data according to various algorithms chosen by the physician to be most appropriate to that patient's particular medical condition (e.g. COPD patient algorithms).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a collimator. The collimator includes a slice module, a filter module, and a support and protection module. The slice module and the filter module are detachably connected with the support and protection module. The rays strike on the collimator and pass through the slice module and the filter module in order. The slice module is configured to adjust the fan-beam width of the rays striking on the collimator. The filter module is configured to make the rays pass through different filters to implement different types of scanning.

Abstract: A method and system for determining a PET image of the scan volume based on one or more PET sub-images is provided. The method may include determining a scan volume of a subject supported by a scan table; dividing the scan volume into one or more scan regions; for each scan region of the one or more scan regions, determining whether there is a physiological motion in the scan region; generating, based on a result of the determination, a PET sub-image of the scan region based on first PET data of the scan region acquired in a first mode or based, at least in part, on second PET data of the scan region acquired in a second mode; and generating a PET image of the scan volume based on one or more PET sub-images.

Abstract: An adjustment method is for a marking laser beam of an imaging modality. The marking laser beam includes a central beam and at least one peripheral beam and extends from a laser source to a detection plane. The detection plane includes a central target position for the central beam and at least one peripheral target position for the at least one peripheral beam and a detection unit. The detection unit is embodied to capture whether the marking laser beam is striking at least one of the target positions. In an embodiment, the method includes a first adjustment of the marking laser beam via an adjusting unit, until it strikes the central target position; and a second adjustment of the marking laser beam via the adjusting unit, until it strikes the at least one peripheral target position. The marking laser beam will also be kept at the central target position.

Abstract: An X-ray apparatus capable of releasing a locked rotation of a wheel using a power supplied from an auxiliary battery of an X-ray detector when a body is discharged, and a control method thereof. A mobile X-ray apparatus includes a body including a body battery, a detector accommodator and a wheel, an X-ray source emits X-rays to an object, a detector battery connector provided on the body and connectable to a detector battery, a power supply circuit connected to the detector battery connector to form a first path in which a power is supplied from the body battery to the detector battery and a second path in which a power is supplied from the detector battery to the body, and a controller controls the power supply circuit to selectively form the first path and the second path.

Abstract: A method for generating and displaying a 3D visualization of a cardiac-ablation balloon in a region of a living heart within a predefined 3D space, the method using single-plane fluoroscopic images and comprising: (1) placing, inflating and positioning the balloon into the region, the balloon having a radio-opaque location marker and central catheter portion; (2) capturing a burst of first-view digitized 2D images of the region from a fluoroscope positioned at a first angle; (3) capturing a burst of second-view digitized 2D images of the region from the fluoroscope positioned at a second angle different from the first angle; (4) selecting first-view and second-view images from the bursts such that the difference between measures of the cardio-respiratory phases of the selected first-view and second-view images is minimized; (5) identifying the location marker in each of the two selected images; (6) placing first and second orientation markers in the selected first-view and second view images, respectively, wh

Abstract: A marker-coordinate detecting unit detects coordinates of a stent marker on a new image when the new image is stored in an image-data storage unit; and then a correction-image creating unit creates a correction image from the new image through, for example, image transformation processing, so as to match up the detected coordinates with reference coordinates that are coordinates of the stent marker already detected by the marker-coordinate detecting unit in a first frame. An image post-processing unit then creates an image for display by performing post-processing on the correction image created by the correction-image creating unit, the post-processing including high-frequency noise reduction filtering-processing, low-frequency component removal filtering-processing, and logarithmic-image creating processing; and then a system control unit performs control of displaying a moving image of an enlarged image of a set region that is set in the image for display, together with an original image.