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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2018
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Naoko Kuratomi, Sakura, JP;
Yasushi Sakai, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuuji Kuki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Tomoaki Ogura, Otawara, JP;
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to specify a position of a pathological abnormality candidate and a pathological abnormality type of a breast of a subject from a plurality of pieces of tomographic images obtained by performing tomosynthesis imaging on the breast. The processing circuitry is configured to, in a two-dimensional image obtained by performing X-ray imaging on the breast, perform image processing on a position corresponding to the position of the specified pathological abnormality candidate in accordance with the pathological abnormality type.