WO2012056721A1 - 3d image display method, 3d display control device, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] To reduce observer eye fatigue accompanying the operation of moving a 3D cursor. [Solution] In a 3D display space wherein 3D display is performed, an operation for moving a 3D cursor (CG) with respect to a subject (MG) is received, and the display positions of two subject images (MR, ML) are adjusted in a manner so that the subject (MG) moves in the direction of motion and the opposite direction of the 3D cursor (CG).

Description

Stereoscopic image display method, stereoscopic display control apparatus, and program

The present invention displays a stereoscopically viewable stereoscopic image using two images for each photographing direction acquired by photographing a subject from two different photographing directions and moves in the depth direction of the stereoscopic image. The present invention relates to a technique for displaying a possible three-dimensional cursor.

Conventionally, it is known that stereoscopic viewing can be performed using parallax by displaying a plurality of images in combination. Such a stereoscopically viewable image (hereinafter referred to as a stereoscopic image or a stereo image) is displayed based on a plurality of images having parallax obtained by photographing the same subject from different positions.

Such stereoscopic image display is used not only in fields such as digital cameras and televisions but also in medical fields such as radiological diagnostic equipment and endoscopy equipment. For example, in the field of radiological diagnostic equipment, a subject is irradiated with radiation from different directions, the radiation transmitted through the subject is detected by a radiation image detector, and a plurality of radiation images having parallax are obtained. A stereoscopic image is displayed based on the radiation image.

In the interpretation of radiological diagnostic images, stereoscopic viewing is particularly necessary when the area of interest, which has an anatomical distribution in the depth direction, such as travel of bones and blood vessels, and the spread in the depth direction, such as nodules and tumors, is targeted for diagnosis. It is effective to display an image.

When such a stereoscopic image is displayed, a stereoscopic cursor is often used to intuitively grasp the positional relationship in the depth direction or to quantitatively grasp by stereoscopic measurement or the like.

The stereoscopic cursor is stereoscopically displayed in the stereoscopic display space by displaying a right-eye cursor image and a left-eye cursor image having a predetermined left-right parallax amount on the monitor. In addition to the two-dimensional cursor, the three-dimensional cursor can move not only in the vertical and horizontal directions of the image displayed on the monitor but also in the depth direction connecting the observer and the monitor. Is. The movement in the depth direction is realized by adjusting the amount of parallax between the right-eye cursor image and the left-eye cursor image (see, for example, Patent Document 1, Patent Document 2, and Patent Document 3).

JP-A-11-039135 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 06-027919 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 04-016896

Here, when the movement operation of the three-dimensional cursor is performed by the observer, the observer often moves the line of sight so as to follow the position of the three-dimensional cursor. At this time, with the change in the display position of the stereoscopic cursor, the distance (focal length) from each eye of the observer to the cursor image for each eye displayed on the monitor surface, or in the space where the stereoscopic display is performed The convergence angle at the position of the three-dimensional cursor changes. Therefore, the observer repeatedly adjusts the focal length and converges in an attempt to continuously establish the stereoscopic view of the cursor, which may lead to eye fatigue.

In addition, due to human visual characteristics, there is a limit to the amount of left / right parallax for comfortable stereoscopic viewing, and images with left / right parallax greater than a certain value will feel uncomfortable due to the mismatch between convergence and adjustment. Or, a case where stereoscopic viewing cannot be performed occurs.

Furthermore, when observing a medical image, image enlargement / reduction processing is frequently performed. In particular, when displaying an enlarged image, the amount of left-right parallax between the two images increases according to the enlargement ratio, and the amount of projection of the stereoscopic image increases. Therefore, the frequency of occurrence when the right / left parallax amount of the three-dimensional cursor exceeds the allowable limit increases. Even when the right / left parallax amount of the stereoscopic cursor exceeds the allowable limit, stereoscopic viewing cannot be performed properly, and the position of the stereoscopic cursor cannot be grasped.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a stereoscopic image display method, a stereoscopic display control device, and a program that can reduce the fatigue of the eyes of an observer associated with a movement operation of a stereoscopic cursor. And

Another object of one embodiment of the present invention is to enable a stereoscopic cursor to be always stereoscopically displayed and to display the stereoscopic cursor at a desired position on the stereoscopic image.

The stereoscopic image display method of the present invention performs stereoscopic display of the subject using two subject images for each photographing direction acquired by photographing subjects from two different photographing directions, and has a predetermined amount of parallax. A stereoscopic image display method for displaying a stereoscopic cursor that can be stereoscopically viewed using a right-eye cursor image and a left-eye cursor image, the stereoscopic cursor being displayed in a stereoscopic display space in which the stereoscopic display is performed. A first step of accepting an operation of moving the subject, and a display position of the two subject images so that the subject moves in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the stereoscopic cursor by the operation in the stereoscopic display space. And a second step of adjusting.

The stereoscopic image display control apparatus of the present invention performs subject image display control for performing stereoscopic display of the subject using two subject images for each photographing direction acquired by photographing subjects from two different photographing directions. A stereoscopic image display control apparatus comprising: means for displaying a stereoscopic cursor that can be stereoscopically viewed using a right-eye cursor image and a left-eye cursor image having a predetermined amount of parallax; A stereoscopic cursor operation receiving unit configured to receive an operation of moving the stereoscopic cursor with respect to the subject in a stereoscopic display space in which a visual display is performed, and the subject image display control unit is configured to perform the operation in the stereoscopic display space according to the operation; Adjust the display position of the two subject images so that the subject moves in the direction opposite to the direction of movement of the three-dimensional cursor. Characterized in that the so that.

A stereoscopic display device according to the present invention includes the above-described stereoscopic display control device, and stereoscopic display means for performing stereoscopic display of the subject and the stereoscopic cursor.

The stereoscopic image display control program of the present invention displays a stereoscopic display of the subject on a computer using two subject images for each of the photographing directions acquired by photographing the subject from two different photographing directions. And a step of causing a display means to display a stereoscopic cursor that can be viewed stereoscopically using a right-eye cursor image and a left-eye cursor image having a predetermined amount of parallax. Receiving an operation of moving the stereoscopic cursor with respect to the subject in a stereoscopic display space where the stereoscopic display is performed; and in the stereoscopic display space, the moving direction of the stereoscopic cursor by the operation is opposite to the moving direction. Adjusting the display positions of the two subject images so that the subject moves. Characterized in that way the.

In the present invention, when an operation for moving the stereoscopic cursor in the depth direction is received in the stereoscopic display space, the amount of parallax between the right-eye cursor image and the left-eye cursor image when the stereoscopic cursor is moved in the depth direction according to the operation When the calculated parallax amount is equal to or greater than a preset threshold, the parallax amount is set to be equal to or smaller than the threshold, and the depth position of the subject in the stereoscopic display space is calculated with the calculated parallax amount. The display positions of the two subject images may be adjusted so as to move in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the three-dimensional cursor by an amount corresponding to the difference from the threshold value.

Here, as a specific example of the method for adjusting the display position of the two subject images, there is a method of adjusting the parallax amount between the two subject images to be small. When the parallax amount between the right-eye cursor image and the left-eye cursor image is equal to or larger than the threshold value, the parallax amount can be set to the threshold value.

Further, the threshold value can be set to a value such that the parallax angle of the three-dimensional cursor is 1 ° or less.

Further, enlargement processing may be performed on the two subject images, and an enlarged stereoscopic display may be performed using the two subject images on which the enlargement processing has been performed.

On the other hand, in the present invention, the stereoscopic cursor may be fixedly displayed at a predetermined position in the stereoscopic display space.

Here, as a specific example of the predetermined position, a display surface of a stereoscopic display means for performing stereoscopic display can be cited.

Alternatively, in the present invention, in the stereoscopic display space, the display positions of the two subject images are adjusted by an amount corresponding to at least a part of the movement amount of the stereoscopic cursor by the above operation, and The display position of the cursor image for each eye may be adjusted by an amount corresponding to the remainder excluding at least a part.

Here, at least a part of the movement amount of the stereoscopic cursor and the remaining distribution excluding the part may be determined according to the degree of enlargement / reduction of the subject displayed stereoscopically. Specifically, when the subject is enlarged to some extent, the observer feels like observing the subject from the inside, and therefore it is preferable to move the subject in accordance with the movement operation of the three-dimensional cursor. On the other hand, when the subject is not enlarged or reduced, the observer feels like observing the subject from a bird's-eye view. Therefore, the stereoscopic cursor is moved according to the movement operation of the stereoscopic cursor. Is preferred.

In the present invention, the moving direction of the stereoscopic cursor can be a three-dimensional direction including the vertical, horizontal, and depth directions in the stereoscopic display space.

According to the present invention, in the stereoscopic display space, the display positions of the two subject images to be stereoscopically displayed are adjusted so that the subject moves in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the stereoscopic cursor by the moving operation of the stereoscopic cursor. Is possible. Therefore, the stereoscopic cursor can be moved relatively by moving the subject existing around the stereoscopic cursor in the stereoscopic display space in accordance with the movement operation of the stereoscopic cursor, and the movement amount of the stereoscopic cursor itself is reduced. Therefore, the observer can adjust the focal length for tracking the three-dimensional cursor and reduce the number of times of convergence, thereby reducing the eyestrain of the observer.

Here, when the amount of parallax between the right-eye cursor image and the left-eye cursor image exceeds a preset threshold value due to the movement of the stereoscopic cursor in the depth direction, the parallax amount is set to the threshold value or less and stereoscopic display is performed. When the display position of the two subject images is adjusted so that the depth position of the subject in the space moves in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the three-dimensional cursor by an amount corresponding to the difference between the parallax amount and the threshold value The stereoscopic cursor can always be stereoscopically viewed, and the stereoscopic cursor can be displayed at a desired position in the stereoscopic image.

In addition, when the stereoscopic cursor is fixedly displayed at a predetermined position in the stereoscopic display space, the stereoscopic cursor itself does not move at all, so the observer can adjust the focal length to follow the stereoscopic cursor. And it is not necessary to repeatedly perform congestion, and the effect of reducing eye fatigue becomes more prominent.

Further, when the fixed position of the stereoscopic cursor is the display surface of the stereoscopic display means for performing stereoscopic display, there is no discrepancy between the adjustment of the focal length and the convergence at the position of the stereoscopic cursor. The burden on the observer is further reduced.

Further, the display positions of the two subject images are adjusted by an amount corresponding to at least a part of the movement amount of the three-dimensional cursor according to the above operation, and the remaining amount obtained by removing the at least one part from the movement amount of the three-dimensional cursor. The display position of the cursor image for each eye is adjusted by a corresponding amount, and at least a part of the movement amount of the stereoscopic cursor and the remaining distribution excluding the part thereof are stereoscopically displayed. When it is determined according to the degree of enlargement / reduction of the object, more appropriate stereoscopic display of the subject and the stereoscopic cursor is possible according to the relationship between the observer (stereoscopic cursor) and the size of the subject in the stereoscopic display space. Become.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a breast image photographing display system using an embodiment of a stereoscopic image display device of the present invention. The figure which shows the state which inclined the rotation arm part only by imaging | photography angle (theta) in the mammography imaging | photography display system shown in FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration inside a computer of the breast image capturing and displaying system shown in FIG. The figure which shows an example of the wheel mouse which moves the position of a solid cursor to the depth direction The flowchart for demonstrating the effect | action of the mammography imaging display system using the stereoscopic vision image display apparatus used as the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows an example of the radiographic image for right eyes, the radiographic image for left eyes, and a stereo image typically The figure which shows typically an example of the enlarged radiographic image for right eyes, the radiographic image for left eyes, and a stereo image The figure for demonstrating the threshold value preset by a solid cursor display control part The figure which showed the figure which looked at the monitor in which the stereoscopic cursor and the stereo image were displayed from the upper part 9 illustrates adjustment of the parallax amount between the right-eye cursor image and the left-eye cursor image corresponding to the positions I, II, and III of the three-dimensional cursor illustrated in FIG. 9 and the parallax amount between the right-eye radio image and the left-eye radio image. Figure of The figure which showed typically the details of the processing which adjusts the display position of the radiographic image for the right eye and the radiographic image for the left eye in order to move the stereo image of the breast to the back The figure which showed typically the 1st example of control of the depth position of a stereo cursor and a stereo image according to movement operation with respect to the stereo cursor in a stereoscopic vision formation limit position The figure which showed typically the 2nd example of control of the depth position of a stereoscopic cursor and a stereo image according to movement operation with respect to the stereoscopic cursor in a stereoscopic vision formation limit position The figure which showed typically the other example of control of the depth position of the stereo cursor and stereo image according to movement operation with respect to a stereo cursor The flowchart for demonstrating the effect | action of the breast image radiographing display system using the stereoscopic vision image display apparatus used as the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The figure which showed typically the details of the processing which adjusts the display position of the radiographic image for the right eye and the radiographic image for the left eye in order to move the stereo image of the breast to the right The figure which showed typically the details of the processing which adjusts the display position of the radiographic image for the right eye and the radiographic image for the left eye in order to move the stereo image of the breast to the front

Hereinafter, a mammography display system using an embodiment of a stereoscopic image display apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The first embodiment of the present invention limits the movement range of the stereoscopic cursor to the near side in the depth direction in the stereoscopic display space to the stereoscopic establishment limit position, and moves the stereoscopic cursor to the front of the stereoscopic establishment limit position. When the movement is attempted, the movement of the three-dimensional cursor is controlled so as to relatively move the breast stereo image as the subject.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the whole mammography / display system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the mammography and display system of the present embodiment includes a mammography apparatus 1, a computer 2 connected to the mammography apparatus 1, a monitor 3 and an input unit 4 connected to the computer 2. And.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mammography apparatus 1 includes a base 21, a rotary shaft 12 that can move in the vertical direction (Z direction) with respect to the base 21, and can rotate. The arm part 13 connected with the base 21 is provided. FIG. 2 shows the arm 13 viewed from the right direction in FIG.

The arm portion 13 has an alphabet C shape, and a radiation source unit 16 is attached to one end of the arm portion 13 so as to face the imaging table 14 at the other end. The movement of the arm part 13 in the vertical direction is controlled by an arm controller 31 incorporated in the base 21.

A radiographic image detector 15 such as a flat panel detector and a detector controller 33 that controls reading of a charge signal from the radiographic image detector 15 are provided inside the imaging table 14.

Further, inside the imaging table 14, a charge amplifier that converts the charge signal read from the radiation image detector 15 into a voltage signal, a correlated double sampling circuit that samples the voltage signal output from the charge amplifier, A circuit board provided with an AD conversion unit for converting a voltage signal into a digital signal is also installed.

The radiographic image detector 15 can repeatedly perform recording and reading of radiographic images, and a so-called direct conversion type radiographic image detector that directly receives radiation and generates charges may be used. A so-called indirect conversion type radiation image detector that converts radiation once into visible light and converts the visible light into a charge signal may be used. As a radiation image signal reading method, a radiation image signal is read by turning on / off a TFT (thin film transistor) switch, or by irradiating reading light. It is desirable to use a so-called optical readout system from which a radiation image signal is read out, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other systems may be used.

A radiation source 17 and a radiation source controller 32 are accommodated in the radiation source unit 16. The radiation source controller 32 controls the timing of irradiating radiation from the radiation source 17 and the radiation generation conditions (tube current, time, tube voltage, etc.) in the radiation source 17.

Further, in the central part of the arm part 13, a compression plate 18 that is arranged above the imaging table 14 and presses against the breast, a support unit 20 that supports the compression plate 18, and a support unit 20 in the vertical direction. A moving mechanism 19 for moving is provided. The position of the compression plate 18 and the compression pressure are controlled by the compression plate controller 34.

The computer 2 includes a central processing unit (CPU) and a storage device such as a semiconductor memory, a hard disk, and an SSD, and controls as shown in FIG. 3 by these hardware and software running on the hardware. A unit 40, a radiation image storage unit 41, an enlargement / reduction processing unit 42, a radiation image display control unit 43, and a three-dimensional cursor display control unit 44 are configured. Here, the control unit 40, the enlargement / reduction processing unit 42, the radiation image display control unit 43, and the three-dimensional cursor display control unit 44 are realized by executing a program installed from a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. The program may be installed after being downloaded from a storage device of a server connected via a network such as the Internet.

The control unit 40 outputs predetermined control signals to the various controllers 31 to 35, controls the flow of processing between the respective units 41 to 44 in the computer 2, and the monitor 3 and the input unit 4 The control of the entire system for realizing the flow of processing in each embodiment shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. A specific control method will be described in detail later.

The radiation image storage unit 41 stores in advance two radiation image signals detected by the radiation image detector 15 by photographing from two different photographing directions.

The enlargement / reduction processing unit 42 performs enlargement processing or reduction processing on the two radiation image signals stored in the radiation image storage unit 41 in accordance with the enlargement display instruction or the reduction display instruction received by the input unit 4. is there.

The radiographic image display control unit 43 performs predetermined signal processing on the radiographic image signal read from the radiographic image storage unit 41 and then displays a stereo image of the breast of the subject M on the monitor 3. is there.

In addition, the radiation image display control unit 43 responds to the two radiation image signals subjected to the enlargement process or the reduction process in the enlargement / reduction processing unit 42 according to the enlargement display instruction or the reduction display instruction received by the input unit 4. After performing predetermined signal processing, the enlarged stereo image of the breast or the reduced stereo image of the breast is displayed on the monitor 3.

The three-dimensional cursor display control unit 44 generates a right-eye cursor image signal and a left-eye cursor image signal that form a three-dimensional cursor and has a relative parallax amount in the left-right direction, and displays them on the monitor 3 respectively. A stereoscopic cursor capable of stereoscopic viewing is displayed.

The stereoscopic cursor display control unit 44 moves the stereoscopic cursor displayed on the monitor 3 in the depth direction and the in-plane direction of the stereo image in response to an input from the input unit 4 by the observer. The in-plane direction refers to an in-plane direction orthogonal to the depth direction. When the depth direction is the Z direction, it means a direction in the XY plane orthogonal to the Z direction.

Specifically, the three-dimensional cursor display control unit 44 changes the right and left parallax amounts of the right-eye cursor image signal and the left-eye cursor image signal in accordance with the input from the input unit 4 to change the three-dimensional cursor. It is moved in the depth direction. Further, the three-dimensional cursor display control unit 44 changes the display positions of the right-eye cursor image signal and the left-eye cursor image signal in accordance with the input from the input unit 4 while maintaining the relative left and right shift amounts. The stereoscopic cursor is moved in the in-plane direction by changing in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction.

In the stereoscopic cursor display control unit 44, a threshold value for the amount of parallax between the right-eye cursor image signal and the left-eye cursor image signal is set in advance. If the amount of parallax between the right-eye cursor image signal and the left-eye cursor image signal is greater than or equal to a preset threshold due to the movement of the three-dimensional cursor by the input from the input unit 4, the notification signal is sent to that effect. The amount of parallax is output to the radiation image display control unit 43. Then, the radiological image display control unit 43 performs the parallax between the two radiographic image signals so that the depth position of the stereo image moves in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the three-dimensional cursor based on the input notification signal and the parallax amount. The amount is adjusted, and the operation will be described in detail later.

Here, the threshold value preset in the three-dimensional cursor display control unit 44 will be described. In the present embodiment, the threshold value d_limit is set so that the parallax angle (β−α) shown in FIG. 8 is 1 ° or less. 8 can be represented by the observation distance D between the monitor 3 and the observer and the binocular distance d of the observer, and these values are Since it is set in advance, the convergence angle α can also be calculated in advance. Further, the convergence angle β when viewing a stereoscopically displayed object based on the binocular parallax shown in FIG. 8 can be represented by the observation distance D, the binocular distance d, and the threshold value d_limit, as described above. Since the observation distance D and the binocular distance d are preset, a threshold value d_limit that satisfies (β−α) ≦ 1 ° can be calculated from these values. In this embodiment, the threshold value d_limit is set such that (β−α) = 1 °.

The input unit 4 is configured by a pointing device such as a keyboard and a mouse, for example, and receives an input of shooting conditions, a shooting start instruction, and the like by a photographer. In particular, in this embodiment, a wheel mouse 51 as shown in FIG. 4 is used to move the position of the three-dimensional cursor in the depth direction. The wheel mouse 51 includes a rotating wheel 52, and the position of the three-dimensional cursor in the depth direction is changed by rotating the rotating wheel 52 by an observer.

The monitor 3 displays a stereo image using the two radiation image signals output from the computer 2 and displays a stereoscopic cursor on the stereo image. For example, the monitor 3 includes two monitors. The radiographic images based on the two radiographic image signals are displayed, and one of these radiographic images is made incident on the right eye of the observer by using a half mirror or polarizing glass, and the other radiographic image is displayed by the observer. A configuration in which a stereo image is displayed by being incident on the left eye can be employed. Alternatively, for example, two radiographic images may be displayed by being shifted by a predetermined amount of parallax, and the stereo images may be generated by observing them with a polarizing glass, or a parallax barrier method and a lenticular method As described above, a stereo image may be generated by displaying two radiation images on a stereoscopically viewable 3D liquid crystal.

Next, the operation of the breast image radiographing display system of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the patient's breast M is placed on the imaging table 14, and the breast M is compressed with a predetermined pressure by the compression plate 18 (S10).

Then, when there is an instruction to start imaging in the input unit 4, the first radiographic image of the two radiographic images constituting the stereo image of the breast M is captured (S12).

Specifically, first, the control unit 40 reads a preset convergence angle θ for capturing a stereo image, and outputs the read information about the convergence angle θ to the arm controller 31. In the present embodiment, the convergence angle θ represents the convergence angle when the center of the monitor surface is viewed. In the imaging system, radiation irradiation is performed with respect to the normal line of the detection surface of the radiation image detector 15. This represents the magnitude of the angle formed by the axes, that is, the shooting angle. It is assumed that θ = 4 ° is stored in advance as information on the convergence angle θ at this time. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and an arbitrary convergence angle can be set by the photographer in the input unit 4.

Then, the arm controller 31 receives the information of the convergence angle θ output from the control unit 40, and the arm controller 31 first has the arm unit 13 in a direction perpendicular to the imaging table 14, as shown in FIG. The control signal is output as follows.

Then, in a state where the arm unit 13 is in a direction perpendicular to the imaging table 14 according to the control signal output from the arm controller 31, the control unit 40 notifies the radiation source controller 32 and the detector controller 33. On the other hand, a control signal is output so as to perform radiation irradiation and readout of a radiographic image signal. In response to this control signal, radiation is emitted from the radiation source 17, a radiation image obtained by photographing the breast from the 0 ° direction is detected by the radiation image detector 15, and a radiation image signal is read by the detector controller 33. The radiographic image signal is stored in the radiographic image storage unit 41 of the computer 2 after being subjected to predetermined signal processing.

Next, the second radiographic image of the two radiographic images constituting the stereo image is captured (S14). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the arm controller 31 outputs a control signal so as to rotate the arm unit 13 by + θ ° with respect to a direction perpendicular to the imaging table 14. That is, in the present embodiment, the control signal is output so that the arm unit 13 is rotated by 4 ° with respect to the direction perpendicular to the imaging table 14.

Then, in a state where the arm unit 13 is rotated by 4 ° according to the control signal output from the arm controller 31, the control unit 40 applies radiation to the radiation source controller 32 and the detector controller 33 and the radiation image signal. A control signal is output so as to read out. In response to this control signal, radiation is emitted from the radiation source 17, a radiation image obtained by photographing the breast from the 4 ° direction is detected by the radiation image detector 15, and the radiation image signal is read by the detector controller 33. Then, after predetermined signal processing is performed, it is stored in the radiation image storage unit 41 of the computer 2.

Then, the two radiographic image signals stored in the radiographic image storage unit 41 are read out, and the radiographic image display control unit 43 performs predetermined processing on these radiographic image signals, and then outputs them to the monitor 3. Then, on the monitor 3, the radiographic image for the right eye and the radiographic image for the left eye are respectively displayed, and a stereo image of the breast is displayed (S16). FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a right-eye radiation image, a left-eye radiation image, and a stereo image.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, on the monitor 3, the three-dimensional cursor display control unit 44 displays the right-eye cursor image CR and the left-eye cursor image CL to display the three-dimensional cursor CG.

Next, after the stereo image is displayed as described above, when the observer wants to observe the enlarged image of the breast image, the observer inputs an enlarged display instruction at the input unit 4. In response to this input, the enlargement / reduction processing unit 42 performs enlargement processing on the two radiation image signals. Then, the radiological image display control unit 43 displays the enlarged right-eye radiographic image and left-eye radiographic image on the monitor 3 based on the radiographic image signal subjected to the enlarging process, and enlarges the breast. A stereo image is displayed (S18). FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of an enlarged right-eye radiographic image, left-eye radiographic image, and stereo image.

Here, when the stereo image is enlarged and displayed as described above, the amount of parallax between the two radiographic image signals is increased according to the enlargement ratio, so that the stereo image from the monitor surface is displayed as shown in FIG. The pop-out amount also increases.

Therefore, the range in which the observer moves the stereoscopic cursor CG in the depth direction on the stereo image also becomes large. For example, if the stereoscopic cursor CG is moved too far, that is, for the right eye constituting the stereoscopic cursor CG. If the amount of parallax between the cursor image CR and the left-eye cursor image CL is too large, stereoscopic viewing becomes difficult and it becomes difficult to grasp the position of the stereoscopic cursor CG.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the observer moves the stereoscopic cursor CG using the input unit 4 (S20), the stereoscopic cursor display control unit 44 moves to the position in the depth direction of the stereoscopic cursor CG after the movement. It is determined whether or not the amount of parallax between the corresponding right-eye cursor image CR and left-eye cursor image CL is equal to or greater than the threshold value d_limit described above (S22).

Then, when the parallax amount between the right-eye cursor image CR and the left-eye cursor image CL is smaller than the threshold value d_limit, the stereoscopic cursor display control unit 44 uses the current parallax amount as it is and the right-eye cursor image CR and the left-eye cursor image. CL is displayed (S22, YES).

On the other hand, when the stereoscopic cursor display control unit 44 determines that the amount of parallax between the right-eye cursor image CR and the left-eye cursor image CL is greater than or equal to the threshold value d_limit, a notification signal indicating that fact and the amount of parallax are displayed as a radiographic image. While outputting to the control part 43, the parallax amount of the cursor image CR for right eyes and the cursor image CL for left eyes is set to threshold value d_limit (S26). Thereby, the stereoscopic cursor CG can be appropriately stereoscopically viewed.

And the radiographic image display control part 43 will adjust the parallax amount of the radiographic image for right eyes and the radiographic image for left eyes based on the input parallax amount, if the notification signal and parallax amount which were mentioned above are input (S28). ).

Here, the relationship between the movement of the three-dimensional cursor CG and the adjustment of the parallax amount between the right-eye radiographic image and the left-eye radiographic image will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically showing a view of the monitor 3 on which the stereoscopic cursor CG and the stereo image of the breast are displayed, and FIG. 10 shows the positions I and II of the stereoscopic cursor CG shown in FIG. , III are diagrams for explaining the adjustment of the parallax amount between the right-eye cursor image CR and the left-eye cursor image CL and the parallax amount between the right-eye radiographic image and the left-eye radiographic image. In FIG. 10, the right-eye cursor image CR and the left-eye cursor image CL are represented by circles for easy viewing.

As shown in FIG. 9, for example, the positions of the stereoscopic cursor CG after moving by the movement amount of the stereoscopic cursor CG input by the observer are positions I and II that are on the far side from the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position. In some cases, there is no problem in the stereoscopic view of the stereoscopic cursor CG, so that the stereoscopic cursor CG is displayed at the same position, and the right-eye radiographic image and the left-eye radiographic image are displayed as shown in FIG. The display is performed without changing the depth position of the stereo image of the breast without changing the amount of parallax. In the present embodiment, the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position is the position of the stereoscopic cursor CG when the parallax amount between the right-eye cursor image CR and the left-eye cursor image CL is the above-described threshold value d_limit.

However, if the position of the stereoscopic cursor CG after moving by the movement amount of the stereoscopic cursor CG input by the observer is the position III that is in front of the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position, the stereoscopic cursor CG is stereoscopically viewed. It becomes difficult to do. Accordingly, the stereoscopic cursor display control unit 44 does not move by the movement amount input by the observer, and sets the parallax amount between the right-eye cursor image CR and the left-eye cursor image CL as shown in FIG. The stereoscopic cursor CG is displayed at the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position III ′ as shown in FIG.

At this time, the radiological image display control unit 43 sets the parallax amount between the right-eye radiographic image and the left-eye radiographic image so that the stereo image of the breast is moved in the depth direction by the amount the stereoscopic cursor CG is returned in the depth direction. adjust. That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the depth position of the stereo image of the breast is moved in the direction opposite to the direction in which the observer tried to move the stereoscopic cursor CG.

Specifically, when the position of the stereoscopic cursor CG after moving by the movement amount of the stereoscopic cursor CG input by the observer is the position III that is in front of the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position, the stereoscopic cursor display The control unit 44 calculates a parallax amount d1 between the cursor image CR for the right eye and the cursor image CL for the left eye according to the depth position III of the stereoscopic cursor CG as shown in FIG. 10, and displays the parallax amount d1 as a radiation image display. Output to the control unit 43.

Then, the radiation image display control unit 43, based on the input parallax amount d1, the threshold value d_limit, and the preset parallax amount d2 between the right-eye radiographic image and the left-eye radiographic image, as shown in FIG. A new parallax amount d2 ′ is calculated by calculating the following equation.
d2 '= d2-(d1-d_limit)

Then, the radiological image display control unit 43 changes the parallax amount between the right-eye radiographic image and the left-eye radiographic image from d2 to d2 ′, that is, by reducing the parallax amount, as shown in FIG. The depth position of the stereo image is moved in the depth direction.

FIG. 11 schematically shows details of the process of reducing the parallax amount between the right-eye radiographic image and the left-eye radiographic image. The figure shows the right-eye radiation image MR, the left-eye radiation image ML, the right-eye cursor image CR, and the left-eye cursor image CL displayed on the monitor surface MTR of the monitor 3 from the left eye EL and right eye ER of the observer. It is the top view which looked at the appearance that the stereo image MG of the breast and the stereoscopic cursor CG are stereoscopically displayed from the top, and before the lower half changes the parallax amount of the radiation image for each eye, the lower half shows the parallax amount. It shows after the change. In the figure, for convenience of explanation, the radiographic images MR and ML for eyes and the cursor images CR and CL for eyes are shown not to overlap each other in the monitor surface MTR. It is displayed in a superimposed manner on the MTR. As shown in the lower half of the figure, the radiographic image display control unit 43 performs image shift processing for adjusting the display position so that the interval between the radiographic image MR for the right eye and the radiographic image CL for the left eye is made closer, so that The amount of parallax between the radiographic image CR and the left-eye radiographic image CL is changed from d2 to d2 ′ (reduced). As a result, the depth position of the breast stereo image MG moves toward the back, and the distance between the stereoscopic cursor CG and the breast stereo image MG increases. Therefore, the movement of the stereoscopic cursor CG in the forward direction is expressed by the relative movement of the stereoscopic cursor CG and the breast stereo image MG without moving the stereoscopic cursor CG to the front of the depth position III.

As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in the stereoscopic display space, when the stereoscopic cursor CG is to be moved to the near side from the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position, the radiation image display control unit 43, the display positions of the right-eye radiographic image MR and the left-eye radiographic image ML can be adjusted so that the breast stereo image MG moves in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the three-dimensional cursor CG. Accordingly, the stereoscopic cursor CG can be moved relatively by moving the breast stereo image MG existing around the stereoscopic cursor CG in the stereoscopic display space in accordance with the movement operation of the stereoscopic cursor CG. Since the amount of movement of the cursor CG itself can be reduced, the observer can adjust the focal length for tracking the three-dimensional cursor CG and the number of times of convergence, thereby reducing the eyestrain of the observer.

In addition, the depth position of the stereoscopic cursor CG and the stereo image MG of the breast are adjusted so that the depth position of the stereoscopic cursor CG does not exceed the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position, so that the stereoscopic cursor CG is always displayed in a stereoscopic view. In addition, the relative position of the stereoscopic cursor CG with respect to the breast stereo image MG can be set to a desired position.

As schematically shown in FIG. 12, in the above embodiment, when the operation of moving the stereoscopic cursor CG further forward is performed when the stereoscopic cursor CG is at the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position. The depth position of the stereoscopic image MG of the breast is moved to the back by the amount corresponding to the moving operation amount of the stereoscopic cursor CG while the depth position of the stereoscopic cursor CG is fixed at the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position. Thereafter, when an operation for moving the three-dimensional cursor CG to the back is performed, the three-dimensional cursor CG may be moved to the back according to the movement operation amount.

When the depth positions of the stereoscopic cursor CG and the breast stereo image MG are controlled in this way, the depth position of the breast stereo image MG may move toward the back, but not move toward the front. Therefore, for example, when the operation of moving the stereoscopic cursor CG forward beyond the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position is repeatedly performed, the depth position of the breast stereo image MG is repeated. Is repeatedly moved toward the back.

Therefore, as schematically illustrated in FIG. 13, when an operation of moving the stereoscopic cursor CG forward beyond the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position is performed, as in the above-described embodiment, the stereoscopic vision establishment limit is set. The depth position of the stereo image MG of the breast is moved to the back according to the movement operation amount (excess movement operation amount) that exceeds the position, and the excess movement operation amount is stored in the memory of the computer 2. Until the operation of moving the stereoscopic cursor CG to the back by the excess movement operation amount is performed, even if the operation is to move the stereoscopic cursor CG from the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position to the back, the depth position of the stereoscopic cursor CG The depth position of the stereo image MG of the breast may be moved to the front without being moved. At this time, the excess movement operation amount is given a sign so that the positive / negative direction is reversed depending on the movement direction, for example, the forward movement operation amount is positive and the backward movement operation amount is negative. It is cumulatively added for each movement operation in the depth direction. As a result, the depth position of the breast stereo image MG can be determined by repeating the operation of moving the stereoscopic cursor CG forward beyond the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position and then moving the stereoscopic cursor CG forward. Then, it moves toward the back according to the former operation, and moves toward the near side according to the latter operation. When the excess movement operation amount is 0, the depth position of the breast stereo image MG is controlled to return to the original position, that is, the depth position when the stereoscopic cursor CG reaches the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position. Can do.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the depth position of the stereoscopic cursor CG is behind the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position, control is performed so that only the stereoscopic cursor CG is moved, but the stereoscopic cursor CG and the breast stereo are controlled. The movement ratio of the depth position of the image MG may be controlled to change according to the depth position of the stereoscopic cursor CG (or the stereo image MG of the breast). Alternatively, the movement ratio may be changed according to the magnification ratio of the stereo image. FIG. 14 schematically shows an example of the control method. In this example, when the depth position before the movement operation of the three-dimensional cursor CG is behind the predetermined subject movement start position, only the three-dimensional cursor CG is moved according to the movement operation amount. When the depth position before the movement operation of the stereoscopic cursor CG is between the subject movement start position and the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position, the movement operation amount is calculated based on the movement ratio defined stepwise according to the depth position. The three-dimensional cursor CG and the breast stereo image MG are moved according to the distributed movement operation amount. Here, for example, when an operation of moving the stereoscopic cursor to the front is performed, the stereoscopic cursor CG moves to the front and the breast stereo image MG moves to the back. When the depth position before the movement operation of the stereoscopic cursor CG is at the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position, only the breast stereo image MG is moved according to the movement operation amount. In any case, when an operation is performed to move the stereoscopic cursor CG forward beyond the stereoscopic establishment limit position, the stereoscopic cursor CG moves to the stereoscopic establishment limit position, The depth position of the breast stereo image MG is moved to the back by the amount of movement operation that exceeds the vision establishment limit position.

In the above embodiment, when the operation of moving the stereoscopic cursor CG in the in-plane direction when the stereoscopic cursor CG is at the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position, the stereoscopic cursor display control unit 44 displays the stereoscopic cursor CG. The display position of the stereoscopic cursor images CR and CL for each eye may be adjusted so that the position in the in-plane direction is moved according to the operation. Alternatively, in this case, the display position of the stereoscopic cursor CG is fixed, and the radiation image display control unit 43 moves the right eye so that the breast stereo image MG moves in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the stereoscopic cursor CG. The display positions of the radiographic image MR and the left-eye radiographic image ML may be adjusted. Details of the latter adjustment method will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 16 in the second embodiment.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, the stereoscopic cursor is fixedly displayed at a predetermined position in the stereoscopic display space, and the stereo image of the breast that is the subject is relatively moved according to the movement operation of the stereoscopic cursor. In this way, the movement of the three-dimensional cursor is controlled.

The configuration of the breast image radiographing display system of the present embodiment is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment. Hereinafter, the operation of the mammography radiographing display system of the present embodiment will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG. Differences from the first embodiment will be described in detail.

First, as in the first embodiment, the patient's breast M is placed and compressed (S10), the first radiographic image is captured (S12), and the second radiographic image is captured (S14).

Here, in the present embodiment, the three-dimensional cursor display control unit 44 determines the initial position of the three-dimensional cursor CG by obtaining a parameter that defines the initial display position of the three-dimensional cursor CG from the initial setting file (S15). . In the present embodiment, the initial position of the stereoscopic cursor CG is on the near side of the monitor surface MTR of the monitor 3 and on the far side of the stereoscopic vision establishment limit position, as schematically shown in FIGS. It is assumed that a predetermined position is set. Note that a user interface for setting the initial position may be provided, and the initial position may be determined based on the input of the user (observer).

Similarly to the first embodiment, after the breast stereo image MG and the stereoscopic cursor CG are displayed (S16), the breast stereo image MG is enlarged and displayed (S18).

Here, when the observer moves the stereoscopic cursor CG using the input unit 4 (S20), in this embodiment, the stereoscopic cursor display control unit 44 does not perform control to move the display position of the stereoscopic cursor CG. The radiological image display control unit 43 adjusts the display positions of the right-eye radiographic image MR and the left-eye radiographic image ML so that the breast stereo image MG moves in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the three-dimensional cursor CG ( S30).

FIG. 16 shows the details of the process of adjusting the display positions of the right-eye radiographic image and the left-eye radiographic image in the same manner as in FIG. 11 when the operation of moving the stereoscopic cursor CG leftward in the in-plane direction is performed. This is a schematic representation. The upper half of the figure represents the state before the display position of the radiation image for each eye is changed, and the lower half represents the position after the display position is changed. When an operation of moving the three-dimensional cursor CG leftward is performed in the upper half state of the figure, as shown in the lower half of the figure, the radiation image display control unit 43 performs the right-eye radiation image MR and the left-eye radiation image. The display position of CL is adjusted to the right which is the direction opposite to the moving operation direction of the three-dimensional cursor CG. As a result, since the breast stereo image MG moves rightward in the in-plane direction, the stereoscopic cursor CG moves leftward by relative movement of the stereoscopic cursor CG and the breast stereo image MG while the display position of the stereoscopic cursor CG is fixed. Is expressed. This image shift process can be similarly applied when it is desired to move the three-dimensional cursor CG in an arbitrary direction in the plane. That is, the radiographic image display control unit 43 moves the display positions of both the right-eye radiographic image MR and the left-eye radiographic image CL in the direction opposite to the direction in which the in-plane movement operation is performed on the stereoscopic cursor CG. Control may be performed.

FIG. 17 schematically illustrates the details of the process of adjusting the display positions of the right-eye radiographic image and the left-eye radiographic image when an operation of moving the stereoscopic cursor CG toward the back is performed, as in FIG. It is a representation. The upper half of the figure represents the state before the display position of the radiation image for each eye is changed, and the lower half represents the position after the display position is changed. When an operation for moving the three-dimensional cursor CG toward the back is performed in the state of the upper half of the figure, as shown in the lower half of the figure, the radiation image display control unit 43 displays the right-eye radiation image MR and the left-eye radiation image MR. By performing image shift processing for adjusting the display position so as to increase the interval between the radiographic images CL, the amount of parallax between the radiographic image CR for the right eye and the radiographic image CL for the left eye is changed (increased). As a result, the depth position of the breast stereo image MG moves toward the front, and the distance between the stereoscopic cursor CG and the breast stereo image MG approaches. Therefore, the movement toward the back of the stereoscopic cursor CG is expressed by the relative movement of the stereoscopic cursor CG and the breast stereo image MG while the display position of the stereoscopic cursor CG is fixed. In addition, the process which adjusts the display position of the radiographic image for right eyes and the radiographic image for left eyes when operation which moves the solid cursor CG toward this side is performed using FIG. 11 in 1st Embodiment. This is the same as the processing described.

As described above, in the second embodiment of the present invention, even when a movement operation is performed on the stereoscopic cursor CG, the stereoscopic cursor CG is fixedly displayed at a predetermined position in the stereoscopic display space, and the radiation image display is performed. Since the control unit 43 adjusts the display positions of the right-eye radiographic image MR and the left-eye radiographic image ML so that the stereo image MG of the breast moves in the direction opposite to the moving operation direction of the three-dimensional cursor CG. The stereoscopic cursor CG itself does not move at all, and the observer does not have to repeatedly adjust the focal length and follow up the tracking of the stereoscopic cursor CG, and the effect of reducing eye fatigue becomes more prominent.

In the above embodiment, it is preferable that the fixed position of the three-dimensional cursor is the monitor surface MTR of the monitor 3. Thereby, since there is no discrepancy between the adjustment of the focal length and the convergence at the position of the stereoscopic cursor CG, the burden on the observer in the observation near the stereoscopic cursor CG is further reduced.

Alternatively, in the above embodiment, the display position of the three-dimensional cursor CG may be fixed and released by a user operation. Specifically, for example, after the stereoscopic cursor CG and the breast stereo image MG are stereoscopically displayed at the initial position in step S16 of FIG. Move the cursor CG in the stereoscopic display space, display the menu at the desired position by right-clicking the mouse, etc., and select “Fix 3D cursor position” to fix the display position of the 3D cursor CG. What should I do? Similarly, when releasing the fixation of the display position of the three-dimensional cursor CG, the user may select “cancel fixation of the position of the three-dimensional cursor” from the menu.

In the description of each of the above embodiments, the adjustment of the display position of the stereoscopic cursor CG and the stereo image of the breast when the stereo image is magnified is described. However, the adjustment is not limited to the case where the stereo image is magnified and displayed. The same can be applied when an image is displayed at the same magnification.

Alternatively, in the above embodiment, when a movement operation is performed on the stereoscopic cursor CG, which of the stereoscopic cursor CG and the breast stereo image is to be moved depends on the enlargement / reduction ratio of the stereoscopic display target breast. It may be determined. Here, as the enlargement / reduction rate of the breast to be stereoscopically displayed, the enlargement / reduction rate in the enlargement / reduction processing performed by the enlargement / reduction processing unit 42 may be acquired, or in the imaging system, the radiation source 17 may be acquired. When enlargement photography is performed by shortening the distance between the breast and the breast, the enlargement ratio at the time of photography may be acquired. Accordingly, more appropriate stereoscopic display of the subject and the stereoscopic cursor can be performed according to the relationship between the observer (stereoscopic cursor CG) and the size of the breast in the stereoscopic display space. Specifically, when the breast is enlarged to some extent, the observer feels like observing the breast from the inside, so it is preferable to move the breast according to the movement operation of the three-dimensional cursor CG. . On the other hand, when the breast is not enlarged or reduced, the observer feels like having a bird's-eye view of the breast. Therefore, the stereoscopic cursor CG is moved according to the movement operation of the stereoscopic cursor CG. It is more preferable that

The above-described embodiments and modifications are merely examples, and all the above descriptions should not be used to limit the technical scope of the present invention. In addition, the system configuration, the hardware configuration, the processing flow, the module configuration, the user interface, the specific processing content, etc. in the above embodiment have been variously modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It is included in the technical scope of the present invention.

For example, in each of the above embodiments, the stereoscopic image display apparatus of the present invention is applied to a breast image capturing and displaying system. However, the subject is not limited to the breast, and the chest other than the breast (heart, lungs) Etc.), or a radiographic imaging device for so-called general imaging for imaging the head or the like. Further, it may be an endoscopic image.

In addition, the control of the stereoscopic cursor in the present invention may be applied to a targeting operation in stereo biopsy.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the monitor 3 on which stereoscopic display is performed uses a polarizing filter type, but may be a frame sequential type or a naked eye type.

Furthermore, in each of the above embodiments, two radiographic images for stereoscopic display are taken by changing the radiation irradiation direction in the XZ plane shown in FIG. 2, but radiation irradiation is performed in the other directions. A plurality of radiation images may be taken by changing the direction. That is, for example, a plurality of radiographic images may be taken by changing the radiation irradiation direction in the YZ plane (plane perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 2) shown in FIG.

Claims (14)

1. Subject image display control means for performing stereoscopic display of the subject using two subject images for each of the photographing directions acquired by photographing the subject from two different photographing directions, and a right eye having a predetermined amount of parallax In a stereoscopic image display control device comprising a stereoscopic cursor display control means for displaying a stereoscopic cursor that can be stereoscopically viewed using a cursor image for left and a cursor image for left eye,
   A stereoscopic cursor operation receiving means for receiving an operation of moving the stereoscopic cursor with respect to the subject in a stereoscopic display space in which the stereoscopic display is performed;
   The subject image display control means adjusts the display positions of the two subject images so that the subject moves in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the stereoscopic cursor by the operation in the stereoscopic display space. A stereoscopic image display control device characterized by the above.
2. When the stereoscopic cursor operation accepting unit accepts an operation for moving the stereoscopic cursor in the depth direction in the stereoscopic display space, the stereoscopic cursor display control unit moves the stereoscopic cursor in the depth direction according to the operation. In this case, the amount of parallax between the right-eye cursor image and the left-eye cursor image is calculated, and when the calculated amount of parallax is equal to or greater than a preset threshold value, the parallax amount is set to be equal to or less than the threshold value. ,
   The subject image display control means moves the depth position of the subject in the stereoscopic display space in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the stereoscopic cursor by an amount corresponding to the difference between the calculated parallax amount and the threshold value. The stereoscopic image display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display positions of the two subject images are adjusted as described above.
3. 3. The stereoscopic image display device according to claim 2, wherein the subject image display control means adjusts the display position so that the amount of parallax between the two subject images is small.
4. The amount of parallax between the right-eye cursor image and the left-eye cursor image corresponding to the position in the depth direction after the stereoscopic cursor has moved by the movement amount received by the stereoscopic cursor operation reception unit. 4. The stereoscopic image display device according to claim 2, wherein when the value becomes equal to or greater than the threshold, the parallax amount is set to the threshold. 5.
5. The stereoscopic image display control device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the threshold is set to a value such that a parallax angle of the stereoscopic cursor is 1 ° or less.
6. The image processing apparatus further includes an enlargement processing unit that performs an enlargement process on the two subject images.
   6. The subject image display control unit is configured to cause the stereoscopic display to be enlarged using the two subject images that have been subjected to the enlargement process. Stereoscopic image display control device.
7. 2. The stereoscopic display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the stereoscopic cursor display control means is configured to display the stereoscopic cursor fixedly at a predetermined position in the stereoscopic display space.
8. The stereoscopic display control apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined position is a display surface of a stereoscopic display means for performing the stereoscopic display.
9. The subject image display control means adjusts the display positions of the two subject images by an amount corresponding to at least a part of the movement amount of the stereoscopic cursor by the operation in the stereoscopic display space;
   The three-dimensional cursor display control means adjusts the display position of the cursor image for each eye by an amount corresponding to the remaining amount obtained by removing the at least part of the movement amount of the three-dimensional cursor. The stereoscopic display control apparatus according to claim 1.
10. The apparatus further comprises means for determining at least a part of the movement amount of the stereoscopic cursor and a remaining distribution excluding the part according to a degree of enlargement / reduction of the subject displayed in stereoscopic view. The stereoscopic display control device according to 9.
11. The moving direction of the stereoscopic cursor by the operation is a three-dimensional direction including up, down, left and right, and depth directions in the stereoscopic display space. Stereoscopic display control device.
12. The stereoscopic display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
    A stereoscopic display device comprising a stereoscopic display means for performing stereoscopic display of the subject and the stereoscopic cursor.
13. Stereoscopic display of the subject is performed using two subject images for each photographing direction acquired by photographing subjects from two different photographing directions, and a right-eye cursor image and a left-eye cursor having a predetermined amount of parallax are displayed. A stereoscopic image display method for displaying a stereoscopic cursor that can be stereoscopically viewed using a cursor image,
    A first step of accepting an operation of moving the stereoscopic cursor relative to the subject in a stereoscopic display space in which the stereoscopic display is performed;
    And a second step of adjusting the display positions of the two subject images so that the subject moves in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the stereoscopic cursor by the operation in the stereoscopic display space. Stereoscopic image display method.
14. Causing the display means to perform stereoscopic display of the subject using two subject images for each of the photographing directions acquired by photographing the subject from two different photographing directions; and a predetermined amount of parallax. A stereoscopic image display control program for causing a display means to display a stereoscopic cursor that can be stereoscopically viewed using a right-eye cursor image and a left-eye cursor image, the computer comprising:
    Receiving an operation of moving the stereoscopic cursor with respect to the subject in a stereoscopic display space where the stereoscopic display is performed;
    Adjusting the display position of the two subject images so that the subject moves in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the stereoscopic cursor by the operation in the stereoscopic display space. Visual image display control program.
    

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