X-ray ct apparatus, medical image processing apparatus, method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Medical Systems Corporation
InventorsJunichi OOIDA, Hironaga NOGUCHI, Gakuto AOYAMA, Fumimasa SHIGE
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Abstract
An X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry that images a subject and acquires an X-ray CT image, acquires a region of interest based on an anatomical structure depicted in the X-ray CT image, acquires fluid information indicating a blood flow related to the region of interest and segments the region of interest into a plurality of regions based on the fluid information, and estimates pressure in the plurality of regions.
Claims20
An X-ray CT apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:
- image a subject and acquire an X-ray CT image;
- acquire a region of interest based on an anatomical structure depicted in the X-ray CT image;
- acquire fluid information indicating a blood flow related to the region of interest and segment the region of interest into a plurality of regions based on the fluid information;
- and
- estimate pressure in the plurality of regions.
A medical image processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:
- acquire a region of interest based on an anatomical structure depicted in a medical image;
- acquire fluid information indicating a blood flow related to the region of interest and segment the region of interest into a plurality of regions based on the fluid information;
- and
- estimate pressure in the plurality of regions.
A method comprising:
- acquiring a region of interest based on an anatomical structure depicted in a medical image;
- acquiring fluid information indicating a blood flow related to the region of interest and segmenting the region of interest into a plurality of regions based on the fluid information;
- and
- estimating pressure in the plurality of regions.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that cause a computer to execute:
- acquiring a region of interest based on an anatomical structure depicted in a medical image;
- acquiring fluid information indicating a blood flow related to the region of interest and segmenting the region of interest into a plurality of regions based on the fluid information;
- and
- estimating pressure in the plurality of regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.