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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2016
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sadato Akahori, Tokyo, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provide a medical image processing apparatus, a medical image processing method, and a medical image processing program that can accurately specify at least either vertebral bodies or intervertebral discs included in the vertebra even if parts of the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral discs are deformed. A candidate detection unit detects intervertebral disc candidates and vertebral body candidates from a medical image, and a centerline detection unit detects a spine centerline. A distribution generation unit generates the distribution of a feature amount indicating the intervertebral disc likeness and a feature amount indicating the vertebral body likeness on the spine centerline. A specification unit specifies at least either the intervertebral discs or the vertebral bodies included in the medical image based on the distribution.
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