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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2009
Miho Sawa, Hino, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Hideki Tanaka, Tama, JP;
Ryoko Inoue, Hachioji, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Miho Sawa, Hino, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Hideki Tanaka, Tama, JP;
Ryoko Inoue, Hachioji, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a three-dimensional model estimating section for estimating a three-dimensional model of an object based on a two-dimensional image of an image of the object which is inputted from a medical image pickup apparatus; an image dividing section for dividing the two-dimensional image into a plurality of regions each of which includes at least one or more pixels; a feature value calculation section for calculating a feature value according to a grayscale of each pixel in one region for each of the plurality of regions; and a lesion detection reference setting section for setting lesion detection reference for detecting a locally protruding lesion in the regions of the three-dimensional model which correspond to each of the plurality of regions, based on the feature value according to the grayscale.