IMAGE PROCESSOR, MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM

• Main Author: ENDO TAKAAKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 22.03.2016
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To generate a curved cross sectional image suitable to observe a portion of interest from a three-dimensional tomographic image.SOLUTION: An image processor includes a reference portion acquisition part for acquiring a first reference portion and a second reference portion from a three-dimensional image of a subject, a surface of interest calculation part for calculating a curved surface of interest between the first reference portion and the second reference portion by using an absolute distance from the first reference portion or a relative distance to a distance up to the second reference portion, and an image generation part for generating a curved cross sectional image in a curved surface of interest from the three-dimensional image.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】３次元断層画像から、注目部位の観察に好適な曲断面画像を生成する。【解決手段】画像処理装置は、被検体の３次元画像から第１基準部位と第２基準部位とを取得する基準部位取得部と、第１基準部位からの絶対距離、または、第２基準部位までの距離に対する相対距離を用いて第１基準部位と第２基準部位との間の注目曲面を算出する注目面算出部と、３次元画像から注目曲面内における曲断面画像を生成する画像生成部と、を備える。【選択図】 図１