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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
May. 20, 2008
Takashi Ichihara, Nagoya, JP;
Richard T. George, Sparks, MD (US);
Joao A. C. Lima, Timonium, MD (US);
Albert C. Lardo, Baldwin, MD (US);
Takashi Ichihara, Nagoya, JP;
Richard T. George, Sparks, MD (US);
Joao A. C. Lima, Timonium, MD (US);
Albert C. Lardo, Baldwin, MD (US);
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a transformation table acquiring unit, a blood-flow information acquisition unit and a blood-flow image generating unit. The transformation table acquiring unit obtains a transformation table for transforming unspecified information representing a concentration of a contrast medium in a myocardium into an unspecified blood flow value image based on a CT image acquired in a concentration transition period. The blood-flow information acquisition unit obtains information representing the concentration of the contrast medium based on a CT image acquired during a constant concentration period. The blood-flow image generating unit generates a blood flow value image based on the information representing the concentration of the contrast medium according to the transformation table.