公开(公告)号：US20210137481A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17087780

申请日：2020-11-03

Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION

Inventor： Shinya OZAWA ,  Kiyomi OSHIMA ,  Kensuke SHINODA ,  Gaku KANEDA ,  Hidetaka KONTA ,  Yuto ONO ,  Yoshiharu OHIWA

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G16H50/20 ,  G16H30/40

Abstract: An imaging assisting apparatus according to an embodiment is configured to assist imaging of a medical image diagnosis apparatus that performs a series of medical examinations including a plurality of scan protocols, the imaging assisting apparatus including a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to obtain data acquired according to one or more already-executed scan protocols among the plurality of scan protocols. The processing circuit is configured to perform one of the following when a disease or a region suspected of a disease is extracted from the data: controlling a scan protocol which is among the plurality of scan protocols and later than the already-executed scan protocols; and generating reference information related to controlling a scan protocol which is among the plurality of scan protocols and later than the already-executed scan protocols.