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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Tatsuo Maeda, Nasushiobara, JP;
Manabu Hiraoka, Nasushiobara, JP;
Naoko Toyoshima, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/469 (2013.01); A63B 6/503 (2013.01); A61B 6/504 (2013.01); A61B 6/5264 (2013.01); A61B 6/541 (2013.01); A61B 6/545 (2013.01); G06T 7/0042 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30061 (2013.01); A61B 6/027 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus and X-ray CT system, having a tracheal bifurcation area extraction part, for extracting the tracheal bifurcation area from an X-ray image and a tracheal bifurcation identification part, for identifying the tracheal bifurcation from the tracheal bifurcation area.