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 image processing apparatus comprises a corresponding point information obtaining unit configured to obtain corresponding point information input for alignment between images; a satisfaction degree obtaining unit configured to obtain a satisfaction degree of the corresponding point information based on the corresponding point information; and a presentation control unit configured to control presentation of information about the satisfaction degree.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus has a selection unit configured to select at least a first region of interest from regions of interest set in an imaging target, an image obtainment unit configured to obtain a first image representing the imaging target, and a second image from an imaging apparatus that images at least part of the imaging target, an information obtainment unit configured to obtain information of an existence range, and a display control unit configured to add, to the first image, displays representing positions of set regions of interest, and when the second image contains the existence range of the selected region of interest, display the existence range of the selected region of interest on the second image, and when the second image contains the existence range of an unselected region of interest, hide the existence range information.

Abstract: First, a displacement field (first displacement field) for deforming a first image so as to associate the first image with a second image is calculated based on information on an input corresponding point group. Then, upon a corresponding point candidate pair being input, a displacement field (second displacement field) for deforming the first image so as to associate the first image with the second image is calculated with the corresponding point candidate pair taken into consideration as well. Thereafter, a matching degree is calculated based on a difference between the two displacement fields, and a determination result indicating a match or a mismatch is displayed on a display 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 image processing apparatus includes search area calculation means for calculating a search area size on the basis of a pixel size of at least one image among a first image and a second image, position obtaining means for obtaining a position of interest on the first image and a correspondence position on the second image corresponding to the position of interest, search area setting means for setting a search area made up of the search area size in a surrounding of the correspondence position on the second image, and difference means for deciding a difference value corresponding to the position of interest on a basis of a density value of the position of interest on the first image and density values of a plurality of positions in the search area on the second image.

Abstract: An apparatus acquires a first converted image by converting resolution of a first image of a subject into first resolution, acquires a second converted image by converting resolution of a second image into the first resolution, acquires first deformation information for executing image registration between the first converted image and the second converted image with the first resolution, and generates a subtraction image with the first resolution based on the first deformation information, the subtraction image showing a difference between the first converted image and the second converted image, or generates a second subtraction image based on second deformation information obtained in such a manner that resolution of the first deformation information is converted into the resolution of the first image, the second subtraction image showing a difference between the first image and the second image.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor and a memory containing instructions that cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include obtaining a group of candidates of corresponding points which are pairs of feature points in a first space and feature points in a second space, calculating a plurality of displacement fields under a plurality of different regularization conditions based on the candidate group, calculating a feature point group which has been subjected to a plurality of displacements by displacing the feature points in the first space by the plurality of displacement fields, and calculating matching degrees of the corresponding points included in the candidate group in accordance with the feature point group which has been subjected to the plurality of displacements.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according an exemplary embodiment of the present invention estimates for a plurality of positions in a target image an estimated value of an error in registration for acquiring a third three-dimensional image by deforming at least one of a first three-dimensional image of a subject and a second three-dimensional image, one of the three-dimensional images being the target image, designates a cross section in the target image, acquires a statistical value of the error in the designated cross section based on the estimated value estimated for a plurality of positions in the cross section, and displays the statistical value.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus acquires information representing directivity at the time of imaging a first image of an object obtained by a first apparatus, extracts an image of a target tissue from a second image of the object obtained by a second apparatus, and estimates a depicting appearance of the target tissue in the first image based on a relationship between the information representing the directivity and the image of the target tissue.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an aspect of the disclosure includes a first deformation acquisition unit configured to perform registration of a first image and a second image and acquire a first deformation parameter that expresses a deformation between the first image and the second image by using a first deformation model, a generation unit configured to generate intermediate data that indicates a deformation expressed by the first deformation model and the first deformation parameter, and a second deformation acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on the intermediate data, a second deformation parameter that expresses a deformation, which is indicated by the intermediate data, by using a second deformation model.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that aligns a first image which is an object image including left and right breasts with a second image which is an object image including only one of the left and right breasts, the image processing apparatus comprises an image acquiring unit that acquires the first and second images; an identification information acquiring unit that acquires identification information, which is information to specify whether the left or right breast included in the first image is an alignment target; a region setting unit that sets a region of interest in the first image based on the identification information; and an aligning unit that aligns the region of interest in the first image with the second image.

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: The image displaying apparatus includes: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an object image to be displayed; a determining unit configured to determine whether the object image to be displayed is a predetermined display type, a reference value of which is allocated to a particular pixel value; a setting unit configured to set the WL and the WW when the object image to be displayed is displayed and fix the WL to a predetermined value when the determining unit determines that the object image to be displayed is a predetermined display type; and an image converting unit configured to convert the object image to be displayed so that the object image to be displayed is displayed at the WL fixed to the predetermined value or the set WL and with the set WW.

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: 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: A processing apparatus obtains a contour of a region of interest of a target object and a reference point on the contour from an image of the target object, calculates a distance and an azimuth at an arbitrary position on the contour from the reference point, and generates normalization transformation information for transforming a shape of the region of interest of the target object to a predetermined reference shape based on the distance and the azimuth.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a corresponding point obtaining unit configured to obtain corresponding points that are feature points of an object associated between a first image and a second image; a first deformation obtaining unit configured to obtain first deformation that is based on the corresponding points; a second deformation obtaining unit configured to obtain second deformation that is performed between the first image and the second image, and in which a degree of coincidence of corresponding points is lower than the first deformation; and a combining unit configured to combine the first deformation and the second deformation, regarding positions in at least one image of the first Image and the second image, based on distances between the corresponding points and the positions.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: first image obtaining means for obtaining a first image of an object in a first shape state; imaging region setting means for setting an imaging region of the object in a second shape state; deformation information obtaining means for obtaining deformation information indicating deformation of the object from the second shape state to the first shape state; corresponding region calculating means for calculating a corresponding region that corresponds to the imaging region in the first shape state based on the deformation information; and display image generating means for generating a display image based on the first image and the corresponding region.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: medical image obtaining means for obtaining a medical image of an object in a first shape state; deformation information obtaining means for obtaining deformation information indicating deformation of the object from the first shape state to a second shape state; imaging region setting means for setting an imaging region of the object in the second shape state; deformation image generating means for generating a conversion image by converting the medical image deformed based on the deformation information in accordance with the imaging region; and display image generating means for generating a display image by overlapping the conversion image and the imaging region.