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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Shigehide Kuhara, Otawara, JP;
Ayako Ninomiya, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shigehide Kuhara, Otawara, JP;
Ayako Ninomiya, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/113 (2006.01); A61B 5/0456 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/0037 (2013.01); A61B 5/0044 (2013.01); A61B 5/0456 (2013.01); A61B 5/113 (2013.01); A61B 5/1135 (2013.01); A61B 5/7292 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus stores data for a series of images associated with a range including a heart and diaphragm of an object. A temporal change in a moving amount of the diaphragm and a temporal change in a moving amount of the heart are generated from the series of images, and a ratio of (a) the moving amount of the heart to (b) the moving amount of the diaphragm is calculated.