Abstract: The present invention has an objective to display information more suitable for searching for medical information. An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display, when a first medical information item included in a plurality of medical information items is associated with a second medical information item, an icon indicating that a medical information item related to the first medical information item is present, on a display unit in conjunction with a thumbnail of the first medical information item, wherein the display control unit performs, when the icon is selected, such control as to display a display information item indicating a relationship between the first medical information item and the second medical information item, on the display unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire, in time series, first image data that have been generated based on acoustic waves generated by irradiating a subject, into which a contrast agent has been injected, with light a plurality of times and that correspond respectively to the plurality of times of light irradiation; and an image generation unit configured to generate second image data indicating a region corresponding to the contrast agent in the plurality of first image data on the basis of the plurality of the first image data acquired in time series.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image display system which can simplify an operation of an operator for displaying images appropriate for diagnosis. An image display system according to the present invention includes a first obtaining unit configured to obtain first image data piece, a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a first meta-information piece regarding the first image data piece, a third obtaining unit configured to obtain a second image data piece, a fourth obtaining unit configured to obtain a second meta-information piece regarding the second image data piece, and a display control unit configured to determine a superimposition style corresponding to a combination of the first and second meta-information pieces based on the first and second meta-information pieces and display a superimposition image of the first and second image data pieces in the superimposition style on a display unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to obtain information indicating a discrepancy in the oxygenation index of a blood vessel related to a region of interest based on image data indicating a spatial distribution of an oxygenation index in a subject and information indicating the blood vessel related to the region of interest, and a display control unit configured to display an image on a display unit based on the information indicating the discrepancy in the oxygenation index of the blood vessel related to the region of interest, the image indicating a condition of a tissue included in the region of interest.

Abstract: A photoacoustic apparatus sets a light irradiation timing such that a subject is irradiated with pulsed light at least once within a period extending from a start timing determined on the basis of a generation timing of an R-wave in an electrocardiogram signal to a point at which a first time extending from the generation timing of the R-wave in the electrocardiogram signal to a generation timing of a T-wave in the electrocardiogram signal elapses, and sets the light irradiation timing such that the subject is not irradiated with the pulsed light in a period outside the period extending from the start timing to a point at which the first time elapses.

Abstract: A system includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a first image generated by imaging fluorescence that is generated by emitting excitation light onto a subject into which a fluorescent contrast agent has been introduced; and a photoacoustic measuring unit configured to implement photoacoustic measurement by receiving a photoacoustic wave generated in response to light emission onto the subject, wherein the photoacoustic measuring unit is further configured to control the photoacoustic measurement on the basis of the first image.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image display system which can simplify an operation of an operator for displaying images appropriate for diagnosis. An image display system according to the present invention includes a first obtaining unit configured to obtain first image data piece, a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a first meta-information piece regarding the first image data piece, a third obtaining unit configured to obtain a second image data piece, a fourth obtaining unit configured to obtain a second meta-information piece regarding the second image data piece, and a display control unit configured to determine a superimposition style corresponding to a combination of the first and second meta-information pieces based on the first and second meta-information pieces and display a superimposition image of the first and second image data pieces in the superimposition style on a display unit.

Abstract: A photoacoustic apparatus includes a light irradiation unit configured to irradiate a subject with light a plurality of times; a driving unit configured to move a supporting member so that relative positions of the supporting member and the subject differ at each of the plurality of times; a plurality of transducers configured to receive acoustic waves generated through the plurality of times of irradiation and output a plurality of groups of reception signals corresponding to the plurality of times of irradiation; the supporting member configured to support the transducers such that directional axes of at least some of the transducers converge; a first memory configured to store the groups of reception signals; and a processing unit configured to obtain subject information at a target position by assigning, to each of the groups of reception signals, a weight corresponding to relative positions of the supporting member and the target position.

Abstract: An apparatus according to the present invention includes a display control unit configured to control to display an ultrasound image on a first display area in a display unit. In this case, the display control unit controls to, based on information representing a display instruction given when a moving image of the ultrasound image is being displayed, display a still image of a superimposition image of the ultrasound image and a photoacoustic image corresponding to a time point of the display instruction on a second display area different from the first display area in the display unit and, on the other hand, continue the display of the moving image of the ultrasound image on the first display area.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus obtains an ultrasonic image at a frame rate higher than that of a photoacoustic image. A first photoacoustic image is obtained at a first time point, a second photoacoustic image is obtained at a second time point after the first time point, and a first ultrasonic image is obtained at a third time point included in a period of time after the first time point and before the second time point. At least one of the first and second photoacoustic images is associated with the first ultrasonic image based on the relationship among the first to third time points.

Abstract: Employed is an information acquisition apparatus which acquires characteristic information about an object using a reception signal of acoustic waves generated by the object that is irradiated with light, the apparatus having: region acquisition unit for acquiring information indicating a plurality of regions of mutually different characteristics, in the object; sound velocity determination unit for determining sound velocity in the plurality of regions, using the information indicating the plurality of regions; and characteristic information acquisition unit for acquiring the characteristic information about the object, using the sound velocity and the reception signal.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an incidental information obtaining unit configured to obtain incidental information of a plurality of photoacoustic image data pieces designated based on a user's instruction in a photoacoustic image data set, a type information obtaining unit configured to obtain type information indicating a type of composition image data, and an adaptability acquiring unit configured to acquire, based on the incidental information, an adaptability between a combination of the plurality of photoacoustic image data pieces and computation of the composition image data of the type indicated by the type information.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus, which includes: a photoacoustic measuring unit configured to acquire characteristic information of an object based on an acoustic wave that is generated in the object by irradiating light to the object; an operation acquiring unit configured to acquire information that represents an operation performed by an operator using an input unit; and a control unit configured to control measurement by the photoacoustic measuring unit, wherein the control unit is configured to enable the measurement by the photoacoustic measuring unit when the operation acquiring unit receives a plurality of operations to instruct a start of the photoacoustic measurement based on the information representing the operation, and to disable the measurement by the photoacoustic measuring unit when the operation acquiring unit does not receive the plurality of operations.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus which processes image data indicating characteristic information at a plurality of positions inside an object based on an acoustic wave generated when the object is irradiated with light via a light irradiating unit, the positional relationship of which with an acoustic probe is defined. The information processing apparatus includes an image data acquiring unit configured to acquire the image data; an information acquiring unit configured to acquire identification information which identifies a type of the acoustic probe; and a correcting unit configured to correct, based on the identification information, an effect on an image value of the image data attributable to a variation in light intensities, at the plurality of positions inside the object, of light irradiated via the light irradiating unit.

Abstract: The present invention has an objective to display information more suitable for searching for medical information. An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display, when a first medical information item included in a plurality of medical information items is associated with a second medical information item, an icon indicating that a medical information item related to the first medical information item is present, on a display unit in conjunction with a thumbnail of the first medical information item, wherein the display control unit performs, when the icon is selected, such control as to display a display information item indicating a relationship between the first medical information item and the second medical information item, on the display unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to obtain information indicating a discrepancy in the oxygenation index of a blood vessel related to a region of interest based on image data indicating a spatial distribution of an oxygenation index in a subject and information indicating the blood vessel related to the region of interest, and a display control unit configured to display an image on a display unit based on the information indicating the discrepancy in the oxygenation index of the blood vessel related to the region of interest, the image indicating a condition of a tissue included in the region of interest.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display control apparatus that causes a display unit to display an image of photoacoustic image data corresponding to volume data derived from a photoacoustic wave generated by light irradiation of an object. The display control apparatus includes a first unit configured to obtain positional information of a surface of the object, and a second unit configured to cause the display unit to display the image of the photoacoustic image data on a surface having a shape as the surface-shape of the object or a similar shape as the surface-shape of the object on the basis of the positional information of the surface of the object.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photoacoustic apparatus by which a redundant time required until presentation of an image to a user can be reduced. A photoacoustic apparatus according to the present invention includes a storage unit configured to hold an electric signal acquired by conversion of a photoacoustic wave occurring from light irradiated to a subject, an input unit configured to designate a region of interest, and an information acquiring unit configured to determine a voxel size based on a size of a region of interest, calculate a subject information distribution in the region of interest by using the voxel size based on the electric signal held in storage unit and cause a display unit to display the subject information distribution.

Abstract: An apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a first obtaining unit configured to obtain an ultrasound image generated by transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves to and from an object, a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display the ultrasound image, a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a photoacoustic signal generated by receiving photoacoustic waves generated from light irradiated to the object, and a saving control unit configured to obtain information representing a save instruction given when the ultrasound image is being displayed, and configured to save in a storage unit the ultrasound image corresponding to a time point of the save instruction and information derived from the photoacoustic signal based on the information representing the save instruction.

Abstract: A photoacoustic apparatus disclosed herein includes a plurality of receiving elements which receive photoacoustic waves caused by irradiation of light from a light source to a subject and outputs reception signals and a signal data acquisition unit which generates and stores reception signal data by reducing a data amount of reception signals output from the plurality of receiving elements when a region where the directional axes of the plurality of receiving elements are gathered at a point is not included in a region of interest.