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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2018
Richard Smalling, Houston, TX (US);
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Richard Smalling, Houston, TX (US);
Andrew Kuhls-Gilcrist, Tustin, CA (US);
Takuya Sakaguchi, Utsunomiya Tochigi, JP;
Manabu Tanaka, Otawara Tochigi, JP;
Other;
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes at least one of memory and processing circuitry. The memory stores a first medical image of a heart area acquired in a plurality of directions and a second medical image of the heart area acquired in real time. The processing circuitry is configured to set, based on the first medical image, each of a valve boundary line indicating a boundary between leaflets of a heart valve and an insertion point on an inner wall through which a catheter is inserted, generate a navigation graphic including the valve boundary line and the safety lines by generating a plurality of safety lines individually connecting the insertion point to ends of the valve boundary line, and superimpose the navigation graphic on the second medical image to generate a superimposed image.