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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2010
Takashi Ichihara, Nagoya, JP;
Takuya Sakaguchi, Takanezawa-machi, JP;
Kazumasa Arakita, Nasushiobara, JP;
Yoshihiro Ikeda, Sakura, JP;
Takashi Ichihara, Nagoya, JP;
Takuya Sakaguchi, Takanezawa-machi, JP;
Kazumasa Arakita, Nasushiobara, JP;
Yoshihiro Ikeda, Sakura, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
An X-ray perfusion-image creating unit creates an X-ray perfusion image indicating blood flow dynamics in a certain organ from an X-ray projection image of a subject given with a contrast agent. An image correction unit extracts thickness information indicating the thickness of a myocardium from a three-dimensional image taken by an X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) apparatus. Moreover, the image correction unit creates a corrected perfusion image in which the thickness of the myocardium in the X-ray perfusion image is corrected, based on the thickness information. A display unit then displays the corrected perfusion image.