Slice image display apparatus, method and recording-medium having stored therein program
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorYoshiyuki Moriya
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Abstract
A shadow area in a lung-field area of a subject is detected from tomographic images constituting a three-dimensional image representing the subject. A hilum-of-lung area in the lung-field area of the subject is detected from the tomographic images. Further, a slice image that passes through a first point that is a predetermined point in the detected shadow area, a second point that is a predetermined point in the detected hilum-of-lung area, and an arbitrary point that has been set in advance is generated. The generated slice image is displayed.
Claims7
A slice image display apparatus comprising:
- a shadow area detection unit that detects a shadow area in a lung-field area of a subject from tomographic images on predetermined sectional planes, the tomographic images constituting a three-dimensional image representing the subject;
- a hilum-of-lung area detection unit that detects a hilum-of-lung area in the lung-field area of the subject from the tomographic images;
- a slice image generation unit that generates a slice image that passes through a first point that is a predetermined point in the detected shadow area, a second point that is a predetermined point in the detected hilum-of-lung area, and an arbitrary point that has been set in advance;
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- a display unit that displays the slice image generated by the slice image generation unit.
A slice image display method, wherein a computer performs the steps of:
- detecting a shadow area in a lung-field area of a subject from tomographic images on predetermined sectional planes, the tomographic images constituting a three-dimensional image representing the subject;
- detecting a hilum-of-lung area in the lung-field area of the subject from the tomographic images;
- generating a slice image that passes through a first point that is a predetermined point in the detected shadow area, a second point that is a predetermined point in the detected hilum-of-lung area, and an arbitrary point that has been set in advance;
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- displaying the generated slice image.
A computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer to execute the functions of:
- detecting a shadow area in a lung-field area of a subject from tomographic images on predetermined sectional planes, the tomographic images constituting a three-dimensional image representing the subject;
- detecting a hilum-of-lung area in the lung-field area of the subject from the tomographic images;
- generating a slice image that passes through a first point that is a predetermined point in the detected shadow area, a second point that is a predetermined point in the detected hilum-of-lung area, and an arbitrary point that has been set in advance;
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- displaying the generated slice image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.