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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2018
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Toru Higaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazuo Awai, Hiroshima, JP;
CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains a first Magnetic Resonance (MR) image corresponding to a first b-factor and corresponding to each of a plurality of axial directions and to obtain a second MR image corresponding to a second b-factor different from the first b-factor and corresponding to each of the plurality of axial directions. The processing circuitry obtains through a calculation, with respect to each of the axial directions, an MR image as a computed image corresponding to a third b-factor different from the first b-factor and the second b-factor by using the first MR image and the second MR image. The processing circuitry generates a combined image by combining together the plurality of computed images each of which was obtained with respect to a different one of the axial directions.