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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Hitachi, Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takumi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Waki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/11 (2017.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/11 (2017.01); A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); A61B 8/465 (2013.01); A61B 8/467 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tomographic image includes a mammary gland image, a greater pectoral muscle image, and a boundary image. A plurality of search paths are set for the tomographic image. In each search path, a boundary search is executed from a deep spot toward a shallow spot. A region of interest is set so as to include the mammary gland image on the basis of a plurality of boundary points. An image portion in the region of interest is an image analysis target.