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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2007
Hideyuki Sakaida, Minato-ku, JP;
Hideyuki Sakaida, Minato-ku, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical image segmentation apparatus for segmenting one series obtained by continuous imaging of plural parts into plural series with respect to each part for easy interpretation of an image interpreter. The medical image segmentation apparatus includes an image segmenting unit for segmenting one series into a first series and a second series to thereby generate first image data representing the first series and second image data representing the second series, and a segmentation information adding unit for adding adjacent image information, which includes information for identification of the second series and information representing a positional relationship of the second series with the first series, to the first image data, and adding adjacent image information, which includes information for identification of the first series and information representing a positional relationship of the first series with the second series, to the second image data.