Abstract: It is possible to improve a diagnostic performance by a dynamic image and in particular, to provide information effective for diagnosis of the lung ventilation function. Provided is a dynamic image capturing system including: a calculation device which calculates a dynamic feature amount according to a plurality of frame images of the dynamic image captured by an imaging device; and a diagnosis console which displays the frame images of the captured dynamic image as a dynamic image display or a still image display on a display screen of a display unit and colors at least one of the frame images with a color in accordance with a calculation result of a feature amount obtained by the calculation device. In the diagnosis of the lung ventilation function, the breast portion of an examinee is dynamically imaged over a plurality of time phases to calculate a feature amount and an estimated ventilation amount at each of the time phases, so that the calculation results are displayed on the display screen.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a technique capable of accurately grasping position and angle of a radiation generator at the time of image capturing. At the time of obtaining a plurality of transmission images by detecting radiation emitted from a emitting generator and passing through a specimen via a predetermined member (for example, a diaphragm) by a detector for a plurality of times while changing a relative position relation and a relative angle relation of the emitting generator to the detector, an outer-edge shape of a radiation area irradiated with the radiation on a detection surface of the detector from the emitting generator is recognized. On the basis of the outer-edge shape of the radiation area and an inner-edge shape of a predetermined member, the relative position relation and the relative angle relation of the emitting generator to the detector are obtained.

Abstract: A control device of a breast image radiographing apparatus relating to the present invention controls a driving device, in response to a press-down of a position adjustment switch of an input device, so as to adjust the position of a subject table. The position of compression board is adjusted by the operator such as a radiographing technician, the subject H is pressed and fixed, and when the enlargement factor of the phase contrast radiographing is inputted through the input device, the control device controls a driving device according to the positions of the subject table and the compression board and the inputted enlargement factor, so as to make a holding member ascend and descend and thereby the relative distances of the subject table to a radiation source and to a radiation image detector are adjusted to distances satisfying the enlargement factor=(R1+R2)/R1.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a technique capable of accurately grasping position and angle of a radiation generator at the time of image capturing. At the time of obtaining a plurality of transmission images by detecting radiation emitted from a emitting generator and passing through a specimen via a predetermined member (for example, a diaphragm) by a detector for a plurality of times while changing a relative position relation and a relative angle relation of the emitting generator to the detector, an outer-edge shape of a radiation area irradiated with the radiation on a detection surface of the detector from the emitting generator is recognized. On the basis of the outer-edge shape of the radiation area and an inner-edge shape of a predetermined member, the relative position relation and the relative angle relation of the emitting generator to the detector are obtained.

Abstract: In the image processing apparatus relating to the invention, number of pixels P1 of image data of medical image inputted from an image generating apparatus is compared with number of displayable pixels P2 of an image displaying apparatus representing an output destination, and when P1?P2 is satisfied, and medial images are displayable as they are on the image displaying apparatus, image data (original image data) are outputted as they are to the image displaying apparatus, after image processing, and when P1>P2 is satisfied, and not all the image data of medial images are displayable on the image displaying apparatus, image data are subsampled so that they may be displayable on the image displaying apparatus representing the destination for output, and both of subsampled image data and original image data are outputted to the image displaying apparatus.

Abstract: There is described an image-processing apparatus for converting a first image data inputted into the image-processing apparatus to a second image data used in a visible-image outputting apparatus, which forms an image so as to make it visible for a human eyesight based on the second image data.

Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus, including a radiation or fluorescence detecting device on which a plurality of imaging elements are arranged in a form of a plane, having a sensor element, arranged on the imaging element, to detect radiation or fluorescence converted from the radiation which have passed through a subject, and to form radiation intensity signals, and a switching element, arranged on the imaging element, to perform switching of read-out of signals that show the intensity of radiation outputted from the sensor element; and a correcting device for correcting the radiation intensity signals, based on an angle of incidence of the radiation to the sensor element.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses for performing an information process according to a program, the plurality of information processing apparatuses being connected to each other through a network, wherein a plurality of types of application programs corresponding to a plurality of types of processing functions required in the information processing system are preliminarily stored in each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, a designating section designates an application program among the plurality of types of application programs to each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses through the network, the application program corresponding to a processing function to be executed by the each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, and the each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses executes the designated application program.

Abstract: In relation to a control system of an image processor by which transmission and receiving can be conducted with an equipment placed in a store, office, hospital, etc., and with a control apparatus to conduct a maintenance control of the equipment, the maintenance control system of the image processor includes: the image processor; a communication section for transmitting and receiving information between the control apparatus and the image processor; and an information obtaining device for obtaining information to reproduce a condition of the image processor on a control apparatus side, wherein the information obtained by the information obtaining device is transmitted to the control apparatus through the communication section.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for processing an image composed of two-dimensional image data corresponding to an image reading area of an image reader, comprising: a specifying device for specifying a output-size within the image reading area of the image reader; a determining device for selecting a part of the two-dimensional image data in accordance with the output-size, analyzing image data in the selected part of the two-dimensional image data, and determining a processing condition for the image data in the selected part on basis of the analyzing result; and a processing device for processing the image data in the selected part with the determined processing condition.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for processing a target radiation image generated by radiation transmitted through a radiographic object, which has an image data transforming device for practicing image processing in such a manner that image characteristics of the target radiation image correspond to image characteristics of a radiation image for reference determined beforehand, on the basis of image characteristics obtained from the radiation image for reference.

Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus, including

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for processing a target radiation image generated by radiation transmitted through a radiographic object, which has an image data transforming device for practicing image processing in such a manner that image characteristics of the target radiation image correspond to image characteristics of a radiation image for reference determined beforehand, on the basis of image characteristics obtained from the radiation image for reference.

Abstract: A medical image reading apparatus comprises a controller to conduct an operation control on one of a first operation mode to execute reading a medical image after order information with regard to the reading the medical image is inputted and a second operation mode to execute reading a medical image before the order information with regard to the reading the medical image is inputted; and a reader to conduct the reading the medical image based on the operation control by the controller.

Abstract: There is described an image-processing apparatus for converting a first image data inputted into the image-processing apparatus to a second image data used in a visible-image outputting apparatus, which forms an image so as to make it visible for a human eyesight based on the second image data.

Abstract: In relation to a control system of an image processor by which transmission and receiving can be conducted with an equipment placed in a store, office, hospital, etc., and with a control apparatus to conduct a maintenance control of the equipment, the maintenance control system of the image processor includes: the image processor; a communication section for transmitting and receiving information between the control apparatus and the image processor; and an information obtaining device for obtaining information to reproduce a condition of the image processor on a control apparatus side, wherein the information obtained by the information obtaining device is transmitted to the control apparatus through the communication section.

Abstract: A medical image reading apparatus comprises a controller to conduct an operation control on one of a first operation mode to execute reading a medical image after order information with regard to the reading the medical image is inputted and a second operation mode to execute reading a medical image before the order information with regard to the reading the medical image is inputted; and a reader to conduct the reading the medical image based on the operation control by the controller.

Abstract: An irradiation field region extracting apparatus for extracting an irradiation field region from a given radiation image. According to a first embodiment, image data corresponding to the radiation image is rotationally moved around a predetermined rotational center of the image data, with the image data having rectangular coordinates set thereon. A boundary line is extracted between the irradiation field region, where the radiation image is exposed, and an irradiation field stop region, where no radiation image is exposed, according to the image data rotationally moved by the rotational movement means. A parallel condition of the boundary line is detected wherein the boundary line is parallel to an axis of the image data, and rotation information data is generated which indicate an angle of a rotational movement of the boundary line from an original location to a location of the parallel condition and a distance between the predetermined rotational center and a given point on the boundary line.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for processing digital image data of pixels which are obtained by radiographing an image area including a subject so as to generate image signals and by converting the image signals into digital image data, each of the digital image data representing a density level corresponding to an amount of radioactive ray transmitted through each portion of the image area. The apparatus comprises a circuit for analyzing the digital image data of pixels; and a circuit for determining a desired portion of said image area on the basis of the analyzing result and for further determining an image processing condition for the image area on the basis of digital image data of the desired portion.

Abstract: Entire data of a radiation image formed by irradiating a subject with radiations are analyzed to determine a desired image region, gradation processing conditions are determined based on image data within the desired image region, and the radiation image is subjected to the gradation processing under the determined gradation processing conditions.