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Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2013
Applicant:

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, JP;

Inventor:

Fumiki Nakano, Utsunomiya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/504 (2013.01); A61B 6/5235 (2013.01); A61B 6/5241 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/503 (2013.01); A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3764 (2016.02);
Abstract

An image processing apparatus has an extraction unit, a base calculation unit, a recommended-region calculation unit and a display unit. The extraction unit extracts a region including a branch artery of a subject based on volume data. The base calculation unit calculates a base of the branch artery based on the region including the branch artery. The recommended-region calculation unit calculates a recommended region for placing a balloon of a balloon catheter based on the volume data and the base. The display unit aligns and displays the recommended region on a basic image.


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