Tomographic image processing device, tomographic image processing method, program, information recording medium, and puncture member

Abstract

A tomographic image processing device generates a pseudo tomographic image from a moving image in which a cross section is captured via a light-receiving surface of a puncture member that punctures a living body. Herein, an acquirer acquires the moving image in which the cross section is captured via the light-receiving surface of the puncture member that punctures the living body. A corrector performs image correction of each frame of the moving image, based on a shape of the light-receiving surface. A tracker tracks a candidate for a picture of tissue of the living body that satisfies a desired tracking condition. An estimator estimates a representative vector, based on a movement vector of the candidate. An extractor extracts a candidate in which the movement vector is similar to the representative vector. A calculator calculates, based on a drawing position in a frame in which a picture of the extracted candidate is drawn in the moving image and an order of the frame, an arrangement position in which the picture of the candidate needs to be arranged. A generator generates a pseudo tomographic image of the living body by drawing the picture of the extracted candidate in the calculated arrangement position.