Ehime University

Fujifilm Ri Pharma Co., Ltd.

National University Corporation Ehime University

Kenya Murase

Teruhito Kido

Yuki Tanabe

Hikaru Nishiyama

Teruhito Mochizuki

Tsutomu Souma

An analysis method is provided that ensures objective and quantitative analysis for analyzing time-series images. For implementing the method are provided an image data storage unit that stores therein image data on a plurality of time-series computed tomography (CT) images of an organ of a subject captured after a contrast medium has been administered; a target pixel extraction unit configured to extract an intra-organ pixel position, which is a position of a pixel in a region of the organ; a change-over-time determining unit configured to determine a change-over-time of a CT value of the pixel at the determined intra-organ pixel position, based on image data on the time series CT images in the plurality of frames; and a function approximation processing unit configured to determine an arrival time at which the contrast medium has arrived at an organ at the intra-organ pixel position and a base value, which is a CT value serving as a base of the pixel at the intra-organ pixel position, based on the determined change-over-time.

Computer program, and image processing device and method

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Suita, Japan

Kenya Murase