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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, JP;
Inventor:
Satoshi Wakai, Nasushiobara, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/5635 (2013.01); A61B 5/0044 (2013.01); A61B 5/0263 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); G01R 33/4828 (2013.01); G01R 33/56308 (2013.01); A61B 2576/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an image processing device includes memory circuitry configured to store a program; and processing circuitry configured, by executing the program, to extract an outer wall of a tubular structure by using a fat image obtained by a water/fat separation method of magnetic resonance imaging, and generate a tubular-structure wall image in which a wall of the tubular structure is distinguished, based on the outer wall.