Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate deformation information of an object deformed from a first deformation state to a second deformation state; a degree-of-deviation calculation unit configured to calculate a degree of deviation of the deformation information with respect to a deformation model representing a deformation state of the object; and a display control unit configured to display the calculated degree of deviation.

Abstract: An apparatus according to an aspect of the embodiments includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire medical image data, an inference unit configured to perform an inference with respect to the acquired medical image data, a calculation unit configured to calculate reliability based on a result of the inference, and a determination unit configured to determine a number of specialists who perform medical image data interpretation, based on the reliability.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus acquires a first pixel size and a second pixel size that are pixel sizes in a predetermined axis direction of a first image and a second image captured at different points in time, respectively, determines whether the first pixel size and second pixel size differ from each other, and decides, if the first pixel size differs from the second pixel size, a size in a predetermined axis direction of a comparison area based on a larger one of the first pixel size and the second pixel size. The comparison area includes a plurality of gray levels, and is compared to a gray level of a position of interest in one of the first and second image, and the comparison area existing in the other of the first and second image, different from the one image.

Abstract: This invention provides a technique to dynamically set an imaging parameter appropriate for observing a region of interest on an object to generate a high-quality echogram while maintaining the operability to change the position and orientation of a probe. A region-of-interest acquisition unit acquires region information that defines the region of interest. A position and orientation acquisition unit acquires position and orientation information representing the position and orientation of a probe. A parameter deciding unit obtains an imaging parameter based on the positional relationship between an imaging range decided based on the position and orientation information and the region of interest defined by the region information, and outputs the obtained imaging parameter to an imaging unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes an image obtaining unit obtaining first and second three-dimensional images, a deformation information obtaining unit obtaining deformation between two images, a cross-sectional image generating unit generating first and second cross-sectional images, a target position obtaining unit obtaining a target position in the first cross-sectional image, a corresponding position obtaining unit obtaining a corresponding position in the second three-dimensional image which corresponds to the target position on the basis of the deformation information.

Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging support apparatus for supporting imaging performed by an ultrasonic probe that acquires an ultrasonic image of a subject includes a specification unit configured to specify a position inside the subject in a three dimensional image, an identification unit configured to identify a position on a body surface of the subject based on the specified position, and a display control unit configured to display a position where the ultrasonic image acquired by the ultrasonic probe is captured and the identified position on a display unit.

Abstract: Diagnosis is inferred by using at least one of a plurality of inferencers configured to infer diagnosis from a medical image and by using a medical image as an input into the at least one of the plurality of inferencers, and the inferred diagnosis is represented.

Abstract: A diagnosis support apparatus which supports diagnosis based on information associated with a diagnosis name in advance is provided. In the diagnosis support apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires the diagnosis name set by a user. A providing unit provides negative information for the diagnosis name set by the user based on the information. With the above arrangement, the diagnosis support apparatus selects and presents information influencing the diagnosis name expected by the user, thereby efficiently presenting information required by the user.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: an image obtaining unit obtaining a first image and a second image different from the first image; a deformation information obtaining unit obtaining deformation information representing deformation between the first image and the second image; a deformed image generating unit generating a first deformed image of the first image deformed in accordance with the second image and a second deformed image of the second image deformed in accordance with the first image; and a display controlling unit displaying the first image, the second image, an image based on the first deformed image, and an image based on the second deformed image is used.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains a region of interest in a first image obtained by capturing an object by a first modality, derives a corresponding region corresponding to the region of interest in a second image obtained by capturing the object by a second modality different from the first modality, sets a display parameter of the second image based on one of pixel information of the corresponding region and pixel information of a region associated with the corresponding region, generates a display image of the second image based on the display parameter, and performs display control of the display image.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit configured to obtain a first inspection image having first supplemental information and a second inspection image having second supplemental information, a difference image obtaining unit configured to obtain a difference image generated using the first and second inspection images, a difference information obtaining unit configured to obtain difference information on a difference between the first supplemental information and the second supplemental information, and an association unit configured to associate the difference information with the difference image.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of positions, in a three-dimensional image of a subject, obtained based on a sternum of the subject, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of positions, in the subject, obtained based on the sternum of the subject, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a correspondence relationship in position between the subject and the three-dimensional image based on the plurality of positions acquired by the first acquisition unit and the plurality of positions acquired by the second acquisition unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is configured to acquire case information containing first information that is information on a feature of a case of a patient and that is obtained as a result of a diagnosis of the patient and determine, based on the first information that is the information contained in the case information, whether the case information is used as training data for machine training.

Abstract: From a plurality of medical images in time phases, a target site is extracted from at least one medical image, a reference point is set on each of a target-site side, and a periphery side of the target site which are on across from each other over an outline of the extracted target site, and movement information for the reference points is calculated.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus, comprises an image acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of object images captured by imaging an object for a plurality of times; a shape acquiring unit that acquires shape information, which is information representing a shape of the object; an image dividing unit that divides each of the plurality of object images into at least two partial images, based on the shape information; and an image registering unit that registers the divided partial images.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is configured to project a given region (e.g., region of interest or lesion of interest) in a three-dimensional image (e.g., MRI image or X-ray CT image) onto a plane including a two-dimensional image (e.g., ultrasonic image) of an object, and cause a display unit to display an error range caused by projection (range where a corresponding region of the region of interest in the two-dimensional image may exist, also referred to as a search range) including the projected region in such a manner that the error range is overlaid on top of the two-dimensional image. Therefore, a user is able to efficiently search for the corresponding region in the two-dimensional image which corresponds to the region of interest in the three-dimensional image.

Abstract: A user had to manually select a cross-sectional image indicating features of a finding and a cross-sectional image displayed in a report, from a three-dimensional medical image. Provided is an image processing apparatus that includes: a unit configured to acquire a target finding of a medical image; a unit configured to calculate an image feature quantity of a type associated in advance with the target finding, for each of a plurality of cross-sectional images of the medical image; and a unit configured to identify a cross-sectional image from the plurality of cross-sectional images based on the calculated image feature quantity. Operation of selecting a cross-sectional image by a doctor can be omitted, and the burden can be reduced.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to control display of a cross-sectional image along a first cross section passing through a subject and a cross-sectional image along a second cross section passing through a specified position of the subject; an acquisition unit configured to acquire an inclination of the first cross section with respect to the subject; and a setting unit configured to set the second cross section as a cross section that is parallel to the first cross section and that passes through the specified position on the basis of the acquired inclination.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire volume data, a feature point acquisition unit configured to acquire a coordinate of a feature point of an object in the volume data, a range setting unit configured to set a projection range defining a range of the volume data from which a projection image is to be generated, set a display range defining a range within which feature points are to be displayed, and adjust at least one of the projection range and the display range such that the projection range and the display range satisfy a predetermined relationship; and a display control unit configured to generate the projection image from the volume data according to the projection range and superimpose the feature point in the display range on the projection image.

Abstract: From a plurality of medical images in time phases, a target site is extracted t least one medical image, a reference point is set on each of a target-site side, and a periphery side of the target site which are on across from each other over an outline of the extracted target site, and movement information for the reference points is calculated.