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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2010
Eiji Kasahara, Mitaka, JP;
Masaru Murashita, Mitaka, JP;
Eiji Kasahara, Mitaka, JP;
Masaru Murashita, Mitaka, JP;
Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pre-memorystores a plurality of sets of tomographic image data in a time-series order. A virtual period setting unitcalculates a virtual period relating to an object based on the tomographic image data stored in the pre-memory. A base image searching unitsearches for base images from the tomographic image data using the virtual period. A division basis setting unitsets division bases according to the base images within an image string constituted of tomographic image data. A reconfiguration processing unituses the respective base images as boundaries for the division to divide the tomographic image data stored in the pre-memoryinto a plurality of image groups. Then, data blocks of tomographic images which correspond to one another on a periodic basis are sequentially extracted from the respective image groups, and are stored in a post-memory