Johns Hopkins University

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation

Kakuya Kitagawa

Yasuko Fujisawa

Miwa Okumura

Joao A C Lima

Hiroyuki Niinuma

An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit which stores volume data associated with an area including a contrast-enhanced artery as an examination target, a first calculation unit which calculates a plurality of partial atherosclerotic indexes associated with a plurality of portions of the artery on the basis of morphological information associated with the artery which is obtained from the volume data, a second calculation unit which calculates a whole atherosclerotic index associated with the entire artery including the plurality of portions on the basis of the morphological information associated with the artery, and a display unit which displays evaluation information based on the calculated whole atherosclerotic index.

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Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Kakuya Kitagawa