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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2008
Ryoko Inoue, Hachioji, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Hideki Tanaka, Tama, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Miho Sawa, Hino, JP;
Ryoko Inoue, Hachioji, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Hideki Tanaka, Tama, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Miho Sawa, Hino, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical image processing apparatus of the present invention includes an edge extracting section that extracts edges of an inputted two-dimensional image, a three-dimensional-model estimating section that estimates a three-dimensional model on the basis of the two-dimensional image, a voxel extracting section that extracts, on the basis of positions of respective voxels, where the edges are present, a predetermined voxel group to be set as a calculation object of a shape feature value, a shape-feature-value calculating section that calculates the shape feature value for at least a part of voxels among the predetermined voxel group, a three-dimensional-shape extracting section that extracts a voxel group, a three-dimensional model of which is estimated as a predetermined shape, on the basis of the shape feature value, and a tuberal-shape detecting section that detects the voxel group as a voxel group forming a tuberal shape in the three-dimensional model of the living tissue.