Ge Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited

Manabu Minami

Natsuko Sato

Shogo Azemoto

Shoko Sato

Kaoru Majima

In order to enable the observation of a wide range of the wall surface of a three-dimensional tissue in one screen, an image providing a view from a viewpoint E in a field-of-view centerline direction SC with a view angle of &thgr; greater than 180&deg; is produced and displayed.

Image display method and apparatus

In order to perform diagnosis of corpulence of the internal organs in a practical level, there is provided an X-ray CT apparatus in which, after an operator specifies a minimum CT value and a maximum CT value for a fat portion and specifies one point in a subcutaneous fat region, subcutaneous fat pixels and visceral fat pixels are automatically retrieved, the area ratio thereof is automatically calculated, histograms of CT values of the subcutaneous fat pixels and the visceral fat pixels are automatically generated, and then fat region images Gs and Gv, the area ratio, and the histograms Hs and Hv are displayed on the same screen.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Manabu Minami