Hiroshima University

Nemoto Kyorindo Co., Ltd.

Canon Medical Systems Corporation

Toru Higaki

Kazuo Awai

Shigeru Nemoto

Kazumasa Masuda

Yuko Nakamura

Koji Yuba

The simulator includes a chemical liquid information acquisition section configured to acquire an amount of contrast medium, a target value acquisition section configured to acquire a target duration for which a target pixel value is maintained, a protocol acquisition section configured to acquire a contrast medium injection protocol, and a prediction section for determining a predicted duration, the prediction section configured to simulate the time-dependent change in the pixel value in the tissue of the subject based on the injection protocol and the amount of the contrast medium, and the prediction section compares the predicted duration with the target duration to re-simulate, in a case where the predicted duration is shorter than the target duration, the time-dependent change in a condition where a greater amount of the contrast medium than the amount of the contrast medium used in the simulation is injected to redetermine the predicted duration, and in a case where the predicted duration is longer than the target duration, the time-dependent change in a condition where a smaller amount of the contrast medium than the amount of the contrast medium used in the simulation is injected to redetermine the predicted duration.

Simulator, injection device or imaging system provided with simulator, and simulation program

An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains a first Magnetic Resonance (MR) image corresponding to a first b-factor and corresponding to each of a plurality of axial directions and to obtain a second MR image corresponding to a second b-factor different from the first b-factor and corresponding to each of the plurality of axial directions. The processing circuitry obtains through a calculation, with respect to each of the axial directions, an MR image as a computed image corresponding to a third b-factor different from the first b-factor and the second b-factor by using the first MR image and the second MR image. The processing circuitry generates a combined image by combining together the plurality of computed images each of which was obtained with respect to a different one of the axial directions.

Image processing apparatus, magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, and image generating method

In order to achieve a prediction approximating an actual change with time of a pixel value in a tissue with higher accuracy, provided is a simulator, which is configured to predict a change with time of a pixel value in a tissue of an object, including: an object information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on the object; a protocol acquisition unit configured to acquire an injection protocol for a contrast medium; a tissue information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on the tissue; and a prediction unit configured to predict, based on the information on the object, the injection protocol, and the information on the tissue, a change with time of a pixel value of each of a plurality of compartments obtained by dividing the tissue along a blood flow direction.

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Toru Higaki