Abstract:
A medical image processing apparatus capable of aligning, among plural series of images, slice images included in the series easily in a short time. The medical image processing apparatus is connected to at least one display unit 3 that displays a medical image on a screen based on inputted image data, for correlating anatomically tomographic positions of axial images among plural series of images, and includes: a standard coordinate system and feature quantity storage unit 22 for storing a standard coordinate system in which coordinate values correlated to anatomically tomographic positions of an object to be inspected are set; and a feature quantity computing unit 23, a coordinate value searching unit 24, and a slice coordinate determining unit 25 for providing coordinate values in the standard coordinate system to the axial images included in each of the plural series of images.
Abstract:
A medical image processing apparatus capable of aligning, among plural series of images, slice images included in the series easily in a short time. The medical image processing apparatus is connected to at least one display unit that displays a medical image on a screen based on inputted image data, for correlating anatomically tomographic positions of axial images among plural series of images, and includes: a standard coordinate system and feature quantity storage unit for storing a standard coordinate system in which coordinate values correlated to anatomically tomographic positions of an object to be inspected are set; and a feature quantity computing unit, a coordinate value searching unit, and a slice coordinate determining unit for providing coordinate values in the standard coordinate system to the axial images included in each of the plural series of images.
Abstract:
Storing a second image reconstructed from a plurality of images, including a first image, and an image reading report that includes a lesion character representing a lesion area in the first image. Associating the lesion character with a position of the lesion area and storing the position in the second image corresponding to the position of the lesion area as a link position. Displaying a link character constituted by the lesion character, a position indicator indicating the link position corresponding to the position of the lesion area represented by the link character, and an association indicator indicating the link character and position indicator in association with each other in the second medical image.
Abstract:
Image observation reports and medical images are displayed correlated to each other. A second keyword group is obtained, by detecting phrases that match keywords of a first keyword group that represent organs or pathologies from within image observation reports. The organs or pathologies represented by the first keyword group are automatically detected from within medical images, and a third keyword group that includes keywords corresponding to the detected organs or pathologies is obtained. Common keywords that match among keywords within the second and third keyword groups are obtained. Link data that correlates the organs or pathologies corresponding to the common keywords are generated for each common keyword. The common keywords and indicia that represent the organs or pathologies corresponding to the common keywords are displayed correlated to each other.
Abstract:
A shadow region extraction method capable of extracting a shadow region from contrast enhanced three-dimensional images obtained at different time points in an improved manner. The method includes the steps of detecting a first shadow region from a contrast enhanced two-dimensional image constituting a contrast enhanced three-dimensional image obtained at a first time point among a plurality of contrast enhanced three-dimensional images of a subject obtained at different time points, detecting, by the use of position information of a point in the first shadow region, a second shadow region corresponding to the first shadow region from a contrast enhanced two-dimensional image constituting a contrast enhanced three-dimensional image obtained at a second time point different from the first time point, and displaying the first shadow region and the second shadow region.
Abstract:
An image display device that includes: a region-of-interest setting section that sets regions-of-interest respectively for multiple medical images representing a photographed subject; a difference image creating section that creates a difference image representing a difference between images of the regions-of-interest set by the region-of-interest setting section; and an image displaying section that displays the difference image as well as the images arranged side by side.
Abstract:
Specification is received regarding which structure identifying information, each corresponding to an anatomical structure, is specified as display target structure identifying information to be displayed with a display target image when displaying the display target image, in which the positions of each pixel correspond to positions within an original image. The position of the anatomical structure identified by the structure identifying information is specified, based on structure information, in which structure identifying information that identifies anatomical structures and structure position information that represents the positions of the anatomical structures within the original image are correlated, and the correspondence of positions between the original image and the display target image. The display target structure identifying information is displayed with the display target image such that a user can recognize that the anatomical structure identified by the display target structure identifying information is displayed at the specified position.
Abstract:
A shadow region extraction method capable of extracting a shadow region from contrast enhanced three-dimensional images obtained at different time points in an improved manner. The method includes the steps of detecting a first shadow region from a contrast enhanced two-dimensional image constituting a contrast enhanced three-dimensional image obtained at a first time point among a plurality of contrast enhanced three-dimensional images of a subject obtained at different time points, detecting, by the use of position information of a point in the first shadow region, a second shadow region corresponding to the first shadow region from a contrast enhanced two-dimensional image constituting a contrast enhanced three-dimensional image obtained at a second time point different from the first time point, and displaying the first shadow region and the second shadow region.
Abstract:
Storing a second image reconstructed from a plurality of images, including a first image, and an image reading report that includes a lesion character representing a lesion area in the first image. Associating the lesion character with a position of the lesion area and storing the position in the second image corresponding to the position of the lesion area as a link position. Displaying a link character constituted by the lesion character, a position indicator indicating the link position corresponding to the position of the lesion area represented by the link character, and an association indicator indicating the link character and position indicator in association with each other in the second medical image.
Abstract:
An image display device that includes: a region-of-interest setting section that sets regions-of-interest respectively for multiple medical images representing a photographed subject; a difference image creating section that creates a difference image representing a difference between images of the regions-of-interest set by the region-of-interest setting section; and an image displaying section that displays the difference image as well as the images arranged side by side.