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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2008
Hiroyuki Niinuma, Baltimore, MD (US);
Kakuya Kitagawa, Baltimore, MD (US);
Joao A. C. Lima, Baltimore, MD (US);
Yasuko Fujisawa, Otawara, JP;
Miwa Okumura, Utsunomiya, JP;
Hiroyuki Niinuma, Baltimore, MD (US);
Kakuya Kitagawa, Baltimore, MD (US);
Joao A. C. Lima, Baltimore, MD (US);
Yasuko Fujisawa, Otawara, JP;
Miwa Okumura, Utsunomiya, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit which stores volume data associated with an area including a contrast-enhanced artery as an examination target, a first calculation unit which calculates a plurality of partial atherosclerotic indexes associated with a plurality of portions of the artery on the basis of morphological information associated with the artery which is obtained from the volume data, a second calculation unit which calculates a whole atherosclerotic index associated with the entire artery including the plurality of portions on the basis of the morphological information associated with the artery, and a display unit which displays evaluation information based on the calculated whole atherosclerotic index.