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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2015
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, JP;
Nemoto Kyorindo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toru Higaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazuo Awai, Hiroshima, JP;
Yuko Nakamura, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazumasa Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Yuba, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Nemoto, Tokyo, JP;
HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, Hiroshima, JP;
NEMOTO KYORINDO CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.