Canon Medical Systems Corporation

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation

Qilin Xiao

Yanhua Wang

Fuyue Wang

Bing Li

Yong Sun

Lifeng Xu

Yufei Li

Shun Zhao

Xu Zeng

Lingling Zhao

Zengzi Zhang

Panjie Gou

Zhexin Zhou

Zhiliang Zhang

Lixin Yan

Gengwan Li

Longfei Zhao

An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry derives a predefined image evaluation parameter with respect to a plurality of two-dimensional ultrasound images obtained by an ultrasound probe. Based on the derivation results of the image evaluation parameter, the processing circuitry selects a two-dimensional ultrasound image for registration purpose from among the plurality of two-dimensional ultrasound images. The processing circuitry performs image registration of a three-dimensional medical image and the two-dimensional medical image for registration purpose.

Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, medical image processing apparatus, and medical image processing method

An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain volume data of a subject. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain base tubular object data by segmenting the volume data. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain small tubular object data from the volume data. The processing circuitry is configured to generate updated base tubular object data, on the basis of the small tubular object data and the base tubular object data. The processing circuitry is configured to output the updated base tubular object data.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium

A medical image processing apparatus of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives a medical image of a target region. The processing circuitry generates an image pair including a local image having local features of the target region and a global image having global features of the target region on the basis of the received medical image. The processing circuitry performs segmentation and classification of the target region on the image pair by a neural network.

Medical image processing apparatus, method, and storage medium

A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry configured: to generate a projection image by implementing an intensity projection on a plurality of two-dimensional images structuring three-dimensional volume data rendering a tubular organ; to obtain a mapping matrix of the intensity projection; to annotate the tubular organ in the projection image; and to identify the tubular organ in the three-dimensional volume data, by inversely mapping the tubular organ annotated in the projection image onto the three-dimensional volume data while using the mapping matrix.

Medical image processing apparatus and medical image processing method

The present invention discloses a medical image fusion apparatus and method. The medical image fusion apparatus comprises: a display unit configured to display a plurality of medical images in layers in one window on a screen, wherein the arrangement direction of the plurality of medical images is different from the extension direction of the plane on which each medical image exists; an operation detection unit configured to detect an operation of selecting the medical images to be fused from the plurality of medical images; and a fused image generation unit configured to generate a fused image of the medical images to be fused according to the selection operation, wherein the display unit is further configured to display the fused image in a predetermined region in the window.

Medical image display apparatus and method

A method and apparatus for estimating vanishing points from an image, a computer program and a storage medium thereof are provided. One of the methods for detecting the vanishing points from an image includes a dividing step for dividing the image into small patches, a first detecting step for detecting each patch's local orientations, a composing step for composing lines of pencils from which at least one vanishing point is to be computed based on the local orientations detected in the first detecting step, and a computing step for computing at least one vanishing point based on the lines of pencils composed in the composing step. On the basis of the computed vanishing points, the perspective rectification on a document image can be executed accurately and quickly.

Method and apparatus for estimating vanish points from an image, computer program and storage medium thereof

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