Medical image processing apparatus and medical image processing method

A medical image processing apparatus for detecting a plurality of feature points in a medical image, the medical image processing apparatus comprising:

• processing circuitry configured to
• detect, for each of a plurality of target points corresponding to the feature points, a reference point having a spatial correlation with the target point in the medical image,
• generate a plurality of candidate points corresponding to the target point for each of the target points by using a detection model,
• score, for each of the target points, a position score for the candidate points based on a position feature indicating a spatial position relationship between the target point and the reference point in the medical image, and select, for each of the target points, a candidate point having the position score satisfying a preset condition,
• score, for each of a plurality of candidate point combinations obtained by combining the candidate points among the target points, a structural score for the candidate point combination based on a structural feature indicating a spatial structural relationship between the target points in the medical image, and select, for each of the candidate point combinations, a candidate point combination having the structural score satisfying a preset condition, and
• output the feature points based on the selected candidate point and candidate point combination.