Medical image processing device and method
AssigneeHitachi Medical Corporation
InventorNaoko Nakayama
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Abstract
Extraction means configured to extract a blood vessel region from medical image data, detection means configured to perform evaluation regarding the shape or signal value distribution information in the periphery of a blood vessel including blood vessel contour points and the margin of blood vessel contour points in the blood vessel region extracted by the extraction means and detecting an abnormal portion on the basis of the evaluation result, and display means configured to display information regarding the abnormal portion detected by the detection means are provided.
Claims14
A medical image processing device comprising:
- extraction means configured to extract a blood vessel region from medical image data;
- detection means configured to perform evaluation regarding the shape or signal value distribution information in the periphery of a blood vessel including blood vessel contour points and the margin of blood vessel contour points in the blood vessel region extracted by the extraction means and detecting an abnormal portion on the basis of the evaluation result;
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- display means configured to display information regarding the abnormal portion detected by the detection means.
A medical image processing method comprising:
- an extraction step of extracting a blood vessel region from medical image data;
- a detection step of performing evaluation regarding the shape or signal value distribution information in the periphery of a blood vessel including blood vessel contour points and the margin of blood vessel contour points in the blood vessel region extracted in the extraction step and detecting an abnormal portion on the basis of the evaluation result;
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- a display step of displaying information regarding the abnormal portion detected in the detection step.
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