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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2016
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Kazuo Imagawa, Nasushiobara, JP;
Ryuji Zaiki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Takayuki Ishikawa, Nasushiobara, JP;
Masaki Kobayashi, Otawara, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
A medical image processing apparatus includes, an unit () extracting a blood vessel wall region from the image in a range including an aneurysm in an object, an unit () calculating the blood vessel diameter change rates of the neck portions of the aneurysm, blood vessel curvature, and blood vessel flattening ratio at each of discrete points on a blood vessel region based on the extracted blood vessel region, an unit () extracting, from discrete points, feature points at each of which at least one of a blood vessel diameter change rate, blood vessel curvature, and blood vessel flattening ratio exceeds a corresponding one of thresholds and decide a range for the indwelling of a stent graft in accordance with the extracted feature points, and a display unit () superimposing and display unrecommended ranges on a stored image.