Invention Application
- Patent Title: MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
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Application No.: US17939014Application Date: 2022-09-07
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Publication No.: US20230017788A1Publication Date: 2023-01-19
- Inventor: Takuma IGARASHI , Satoshi WAKAI , Kazumasa ARAKITA , Hideaki ISHII , Yasuko FUJISAWA , Shigeo KAMINAGA , Kenji HIROHATA , Junichiro OOGA
- Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Otawara-shi
- Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Otawara-shi
- Priority: JP2012-263565 20121130,JP2012-263566 20121130,JP2013-248490 20131129
- Main IPC: G06T7/00
- IPC: G06T7/00 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B6/03 ; G06T11/00

Abstract:
There is provided a medical image processing apparatus which includes a first extraction unit configured to extract coronary arteries depicted in images of a plurality of time phases relating to the heart, and to extract at least one stenosed part depicted in each coronary artery; a calculation unit configured to calculate a pressure gradient of each of the extracted coronary arteries, based on tissue blood flow volumes of the coronary arteries; a second extraction unit configured to extract an ischemic region depicted in the images; and a specifying unit configured to specify a responsible blood vessel of the ischemic region by referring to a dominance map, in which each of the extracted coronary arteries and a dominance territory are associated, for the extracted ischemic region, and to specify a responsible stenosis, based on the pressure gradient corresponding to a stenosed part in the specified responsible blood vessel.
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