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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2007
Yukihiro Hara, Hino, JP;
Ayuta Yamada, Ome, JP;
Yuichi Kodama, Hachioji, JP;
Rigaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A CT data processing apparatus and a CT data processing method capable of separating a subcutaneous fat region from a visceral fat region accurately and efficiently in CT data are provided. The CT data processing apparatus includes a center calculation part that calculates a body centerof an examinee on tomographic CT data, a start point setting part that identifies a vertebral column positionon the tomographic CT data and sets a start point on a muscular layeron the opposite side of the vertebral column positionwith respect to the body center, a muscular layer determination part that determines whether or not the muscular layeris present in a first range, and when it is determined that the muscular layeris present in the first range, further setting a point on the muscular layerin the first rangeas a new first reference pointand thus determining whether or not the muscular layeris present in the first range, while moving the first reference pointfrom the start point, and a separation line calculation part that calculates a separation line so that the separation line passes through the first reference points