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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Hideaki Ishii, Nasushiobara, JP;
Tomohiro Kawasaki, Otawara, JP;
Hideaki Ishii, Nasushiobara, JP;
Tomohiro Kawasaki, Otawara, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
Included are a storage unit for storing as first medical image information a three-dimensional image representing information about an inside of the subject; an image processor for generating a display image on the basis of the first medical image information and second medical image information; and a display for displaying the display image generated by the image processor. The image processor includes: a catheter position information detector for calculating a position of the balloon catheter C and detecting position information; and a balloon pressure-contact degree calculator for calculating a pressure-contact degree A of the tissues of the subject and a balloon b on the basis of the first medical image information and the position information.