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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2004
Applicant:
Tatsuya Takagi, Hachioji, JP;
Inventor:
Tatsuya Takagi, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical image processing apparatus which performs an image processing on a radiation image including a grid pattern obtained by performing radiography with a grid for eliminating scattered radiation, the grid being stationary and located between a subject and a detector for recording subject information, includes: a filtering section for extracting only the subject information from the radiation image by using a plurality of filters having different characteristics from each other, to eliminate the grid pattern.