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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-Ku, JP;
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba-Shi, JP;
Yasunori Taguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yukinobu Sakata, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryusuke Hirai, Shinagawa, JP;
Kyoka Sugiura, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoyuki Takeguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinichiro Mori, Sakura, JP;
Fumi Maruyama, Miura, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba-Shi, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus, includes: a first acquisition unit; a second acquisition unit; and a part-removed image generation unit, wherein the first acquisition unit is adapted to acquire a first radiograph that is a virtual radiograph generated to have a specified part or a predetermined part, among parts included in volume data indicative of a three-dimensional structure of an inside of a body of a patient, being emphasized, the second acquisition unit is adapted to acquire a second radiograph of the inside of the body of the patient, and the part-removed image generation unit is adapted to generate a part-removed image by removing the specified or predetermined part or parts other than the specified or predetermined part from the second radiograph with reference to the first radiograph.