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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2006
Kazunari Ishii, Himeji, JP;
Kiyotaka Watanabe, Nishinomiya, JP;
Shuya Miki, Nishinomiya, JP;
Kazuo Hamada, Nishinomiya, JP;
Kazunari Ishii, Himeji, JP;
Kiyotaka Watanabe, Nishinomiya, JP;
Shuya Miki, Nishinomiya, JP;
Kazuo Hamada, Nishinomiya, JP;
Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of detecting a neurodegenerative disease includes (a) a standardization step of creating a first image by applying anatomical standardization to a brain nuclear medical image; (b) a conversion step of creating a second image by converting the pixel value of each pixel of an image based on the first image into a z score or a t value; (c) an addition step of calculating the sum of the pixel values of individual pixels in a predetermined region of interest in the second image; and (d) a detection step of obtaining the results of the detection of the neurodegenerative disease through an operation of comparison of the sum with a predetermined threshold.