Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image processing apparatus and image processing method
- Patent Title (中): 图像处理装置和图像处理方法
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Application No.: US12546412Application Date: 2009-08-24
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Publication No.: US08478006B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Kazumasa Arakita , Toshiyuki Sato
- Applicant: Kazumasa Arakita , Toshiyuki Sato
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tochigi-Ken
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tochigi-Ken
- Agency: Yoshida & Associates, LLC
- Priority: JP2008-222647 20080829
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00

Abstract:
An extraction unit extracts a centerline of a tubular structure from a volume data set. A generation unit generates a plurality of image data sets concerning a plurality of curved planes based on the volume data set. Each of the curved planes contains the centerline. The plurality of image data sets have a plurality of image lengths respectively and contain a plurality of centerlines respectively. A first specification unit specifies a first image data set or a second image data set from the plurality of image data sets. The first image data set is specified based on the plurality of image lengths of the plurality of image data sets. The second image data set is specified based on gradients of the plurality of centerlines of the plurality of image data sets. A display unit displays the first image or the second image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100053160A1 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-03-04
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