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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2021
National University Corporation Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JP;
Tetsuya Yoneda, Kumamoto, JP;
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY, Kumamoto, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus processes magnetic resonance image data acquired by scanning multiple regions of a living body. An MRI imaging apparatus scans multiple regions of the living body to acquire the magnetic resonance image data. An image processing unit generates phase difference image data from the magnetic resonance image data. A signal acquisition unit acquires a phase difference image signal from the phase difference image data. A statistic calculation unit performs statistical processing of the distribution of the phase difference image signal with respect to the phase difference for each region to calculate a statistic, for example. A target material evaluation unit evaluates the amount of the target material included in multiple regions using the statistic for each region.