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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Yoshihiro Goto, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Nakazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsushi Honda, Hokkaido, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image diagnostic support device is configured to acquire a tomographic image including a lung region of an object to be examined and is provided with image display to display the tomographic image. The device is also configured to set up a measurement range, extract the chest wall from the image in the set measurement range, extract a thickened portion incidental to the chest wall in the measurement range, and measure the thickness of a thickened portion at each position in the measurement range.