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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2022
Tohoku University, Sendai, JP;
National University Corporation Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JP;
TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, Miyagi, JP;
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY, Kumamoto, JP;
Abstract
An image processing method includes: a step of creating, by a blood vessel mask creation unit, a blood vessel mask image by removing a punctate low signal intensity, removing a linear low signal intensity, extracting the linear low signal intensity, removing a punctate high signal intensity, removing a linear high signal intensity, and extracting the linear high signal intensity from an image obtained from a magnetic resonance signal intensity in which a region corresponding to a blood vessel is enhanced with respect to an MRI image; and a step of generating, by a mask processing unit, an image in which a blood vessel structure is removed using the blood vessel mask image from a phase difference enhanced image created from the MRI image.