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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 03, 2013
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Fujita Health University, Toyoake-shi, JP;
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Takuya Sakaguchi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Takashi Ichihara, Nagoya, JP;
Jingwu Yao, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Richard T. George, Baltimore, MD (US);
Jeff Trost, Baltimore, MD (US);
Omair Khwaja Yousuf, Baltimore, MD (US);
Joao A. C. Lima, Baltimore, MD (US);
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Fujita Health University, Toyoake-shi, JP;
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a correcting unit. The correcting unit identifies, based on an observation value of a residual contrast material component that is injected to a subject before a predetermined timing and remains in the subject, the residual contrast material component and a new contrast material component that is newly injected to the subject after the predetermined timing regarding a contrast material component that is included in an image, and corrects an observation value of the contrast material component included in the image.