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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2009
Toshiya Waku, Yaita, JP;
Hitoshi Yamagata, Otawara, JP;
Toshiya Waku, Yaita, JP;
Hitoshi Yamagata, Otawara, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Tochigi, JP;
Abstract
A storage unit stores volume data including a blood vessel region. An extracting unit extracts the blood vessel region from the volume data. A specifying unit specifies a position of a region of interest in the blood vessel region and a deflection direction of a blood vessel region included in the region of interest. A determining unit determines a viewing position and a viewing direction based on the position of the region of interest and the deflection direction. A generating unit generates image data concerning the viewing position and the viewing direction based on the volume data. A display unit displays an image represented by the image data.