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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2018
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Kota Aoyagi, Nasushiobara, JP;
CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara, JP;
Abstract
A puncture support device includes a display unit, a puncture target setting unit, a puncturable region setting unit, a puncture route extraction unit, a safety degree calculation unit, and an insertion point candidate region display control unit. The puncture target setting unit is configured to set a puncture target in a acquired volume data. The puncturable region setting unit is configured to set a puncturable region on a body surface image. The puncture route extraction unit is configured to extract a puncture route from the set puncturable region on the body surface image to the puncture target. The safety degree calculation unit is configured to calculate a safety degree of the extracted puncture route. The insertion point candidate region display control unit is configured to divide the puncturable region into groups based on the calculated safety degree, and display the divided region on the display unit.