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Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2018
Applicant:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Ryota Satoh, Tokyo, JP;

Toru Shirai, Tokyo, JP;

Hisaaki Ochi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/385 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01R 33/48 (2013.01); G01R 33/385 (2013.01);
Abstract

Magnetic susceptibility is calculated with high accuracy without significant increase of calculation time. Provided is an image processing device comprising an image processor for creating a susceptibility image representing a magnetic susceptibility of at least one tissue of the subject, from an image created on the basis of magnetic resonance signals generated from a subject, wherein the image processor includes an image separator configured to separate from the image, a specific tissue image representing a content of a predetermined specific tissue and a frequency image, an adder-subtractor configured to calculate a post-subtraction frequency image obtained by subtracting from the frequency image, frequency change caused by the specific tissue, and an image converter configured to calculate a specific susceptibility image representing the magnetic susceptibility of the specific tissue on the basis of the specific tissue image, and to calculate a post-subtraction susceptibility image on the basis of the post-subtraction frequency image.


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