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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2012
Applicants:
Yoshifumi Yamagata, Otawara, JP;
Tomohiro Kawasaki, Otawara, JP;
Satoshi Wakai, Nasushiobara, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus comprises a storage unit, a specifying unit, a calculation unit, and a display unit. The storage unit stores a three-dimensional image associated with a cardiac region of a subject. The specifying unit specifies a plurality of cardiac valves from a vascular region included in the three-dimensional image by image processing. The calculation unit calculates index values indicating open/close degrees of the cardiac valves. The display unit displays the index values.