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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Tochigi, JP;
Inventors:
Taichiro Shiodera, Tokyo, JP;
Shuhei Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Takeguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01R 33/56308 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); A61B 2576/026 (2013.01); G01R 33/546 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30016 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a specifying unit and a deriving unit. The specifying unit specifies a fluid region in a plurality of magnetic resonance images that are acquired by applying a labeling pulse to a label region and that are mutually related. The deriving unit derives an index indicating dynamics of a fluid on the basis of the specified fluid region.