Abstract: A respiration suppressing member includes a main body of an elastic material which is formed into a shape having a pressurizing portion for pressurizing that portion of the abdomen of a subject under imaging diagnosis by a medical modality which is located below the sternum and between the right and left ribs of the subject.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store data of a series of slice images associated with a region including a target region of an object, a first rest period specifying unit configured to specify a first rest period based on a change between images of the series of slice images, and a second rest period specifying unit configured to specify a second rest period shorter than the first rest period by tracking the target region on a plurality of slice images corresponding to the specified first rest period or a rest period enlarged from the first rest period.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus stores data for a series of images associated with a range including a heart and diaphragm of an object. A temporal change in a moving amount of the diaphragm and a temporal change in a moving amount of the heart are generated from the series of images, and a ratio of (a) the moving amount of the heart to (b) the moving amount of the diaphragm is calculated.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store data of a series of images associated with a range including a heart and diaphragm of an object, a moving amount generating unit configured to generate a temporal change in moving amount of the diaphragm and a temporal change in moving amount of the heart from the series of images, and a ratio calculation unit configured to calculate a ratio of the moving amount of the heart to the moving amount of the diaphragm.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store data of a series of slice images associated with a region including a target region of an object, a first rest period specifying unit configured to specify a first rest period based on a change between images of the series of slice images, and a second rest period specifying unit configured to specify a second rest period shorter than the first rest period by tracking the target region on a plurality of slice images corresponding to the specified first rest period or a rest period enlarged from the first rest period.

Abstract: A respiration suppressing member includes a main body of an elastic material which is formed into a shape having a pressurizing portion for pressurizing that portion of the abdomen of a subject under imaging diagnosis by a medical modality which is located below the sternum and between the right and left ribs of the subject.