Abstract: In one embodiment, a diagnosis support apparatus includes: an input circuit configured to acquire a first medical image; and processing circuitry configured to generate a second medical image from the first medical image in such a manner that information included in the second medical image is reduced from information included in the first medical image, extract auxiliary information from the first medical image, and perform inference of a disease by using the second medical image and the auxiliary information.

Abstract: A puncture support device includes a display unit, a puncture target setting unit, a puncturable region setting unit, a puncture route extraction unit, a safety degree calculation unit, and an insertion point candidate region display control unit. The puncture target setting unit is configured to set a puncture target in a acquired volume data. The puncturable region setting unit is configured to set a puncturable region on a body surface image. The puncture route extraction unit is configured to extract a puncture route from the set puncturable region on the body surface image to the puncture target. The safety degree calculation unit is configured to calculate a safety degree of the extracted puncture route. The insertion point candidate region display control unit is configured to divide the puncturable region into groups based on the calculated safety degree, and display the divided region on the display unit.

Abstract: A medical information processing system of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires medical data regarding a first target of a patient according to an examination order. The processing circuitry generates first support information for supporting diagnosis of the first subject on the basis of the medical data. The processing circuitry analyzes a second subject different from the first subject on the basis of the medical data. The processing circuitry generates second support information for supporting diagnosis of the second target on the basis of an analysis result of the second target. The processing circuitry causes a display unit to display at least the second support information between the first support information and the second support information.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires medical image data to be analyzed. The processing circuitry identifies the direction of gravity for the medical image data. The processing circuitry sets the first weight to pixels constituting the medical image data on the basis of the direction of gravity. The processing circuitry analyzes the medical image data on the basis of the first weight.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a diagnosis support apparatus includes: an input circuit configured to acquire a first medical image; and processing circuitry configured to generate a second medical image from the first medical image in such a manner that information included in the second medical image is reduced from information included in the first medical image, extract auxiliary information from the first medical image, and perform inference of a disease by using the second medical image and the auxiliary information.

Abstract: A medical information display apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to display information on the basis of volume data including at least a lung. The processing circuitry is configured to display a first index value based on an anatomical structure of the lung and a second index value based on the volume data related to the lung, so as to be kept in correspondence with each other.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a diagnosis support apparatus includes: an input circuit configured to acquire a first medical image; and processing circuitry configured to generate a second medical image from the first medical image in such a manner that information included in the second medical image is reduced from information included in the first medical image, extract auxiliary information from the first medical image, and perform inference of a disease by using the second medical image and the auxiliary information.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes a memory storing a predetermined program and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured, by executing the predetermined program, to acquire a plurality of images that are obtained by imaging a same object and are different in imaging time, classify tissue property of the object into a plurality of tissue-property classes by analyzing the tissue property of the object based on pixel values of respective regions of the plurality of images, assign the classified tissue-property classes to the respective regions of the plurality of images, and estimate change in disease state of the object from change in the classified tissue-property classes in respectively corresponding regions of the plurality of images.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes: processing circuitry configured to acquire three-dimensional image data including a liver of a donor, extract a region of the liver and vessels in the liver from the three-dimensional image data, and determine, in the extracted region of the liver, a cross section of the liver in such a manner that volume of the liver to be resected from the donor satisfies a predetermined matching condition of transplantation and number of vessels on the cross section becomes smaller.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a diagnosis support apparatus includes: an input circuit configured to acquire a first medical image; and processing circuitry configured to generate a second medical image from the first medical image in such a manner that information included in the second medical image is reduced from information included in the first medical image, extract auxiliary information from the first medical image, and perform inference of a disease by using the second medical image and the auxiliary information.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes: processing circuitry configured to acquire three-dimensional image data including a liver of a donor, extract a region of the liver and vessels in the liver from the three-dimensional image data, and determine, in the extracted region of the liver, a cross section of the liver in such a manner that volume of the liver to be resected from the donor satisfies a predetermined matching condition of transplantation and number of vessels on the cross section becomes smaller.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes a memory storing a predetermined program and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured, by executing the predetermined program, to acquire a plurality of images that are obtained by imaging a same object and are different in imaging time, classify tissue property of the object into a plurality of tissue-property classes by analyzing the tissue property of the object based on pixel values of respective regions of the plurality of images, assign the classified tissue-property classes to the respective regions of the plurality of images, and estimate change in disease state of the object from change in the classified tissue-property classes in respectively corresponding regions of the plurality of images.

Abstract: A medical-image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes an extracting unit, a dividing unit, and an estimating unit. The extracting unit extracts a disease candidate region from a medical image. The dividing unit divides the disease candidate region into multiple partial regions. The estimating unit uses the feature value of each of the partial regions to estimate the disease state of the disease candidate region.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a diagnosis support apparatus using a computation model includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry generates an output signal by inputting feature quantities and supplementary values that substitute missing types of feature quantities. The processing circuitry inputs the supplementary values to the computation model while fluctuating the supplementary value. The processing circuitry selects at least one of the types of the feature quantities substituted by the supplementary values based on a change in value of an output signal. The processing circuitry generates support information based on the selected type of the feature quantity.

Abstract: A puncture support device includes a display unit, a puncture target setting unit, a puncturable region setting unit, a puncture route extraction unit, a safety degree calculation unit, and an insertion point candidate region display control unit. The puncture target setting unit is configured to set a puncture target in a acquired volume data. The puncturable region setting unit is configured to set a puncturable region on a body surface image. The puncture route extraction unit is configured to extract a puncture route from the set puncturable region on the body surface image to the puncture target. The safety degree calculation unit is configured to calculate a safety degree of the extracted puncture route. The insertion point candidate region display control unit is configured to divide the puncturable region into groups based on the calculated safety degree, and display the divided region on the display unit.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes a display and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to (a) calculate fluid information including flow-velocity vectors based on three-dimensional image data of plural time phases, which are acquired by a phase contrast method of magnetic resonance imaging, and in which fluid flowing inside a lumen is depicted, (b) identify a branching position where a second lumen branches from a first lumen, based on change in flow volume of fluid flowing inside the first lumen along an extending direction of the first lumen, and (c) cause the display to display an analysis result including fluid information of fluid flowing inside the second lumen, based on the branching position.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image observation apparatus includes a condition storage, list generation circuitry, and a display. The condition storage stores a plurality of display target conditions respectively corresponding to a plurality of display areas in a display screen. The list generation circuitry generates a plurality of image lists respectively corresponding to the plurality of display areas, which concern additional items of a plurality of images respectively corresponding to the display target conditions. The display displays the plurality of image lists in the plurality of display areas, and an image corresponding to an additional item selected from the plurality of displayed image lists in the corresponding display area.

Abstract: The extraction unit extracts a plurality of medical images as a list display target from an image storage unit storing a plurality of medical images and an plurality of apparatus types in association with each other. The list generation unit generates a list in which a plurality of reduced images respectively corresponding to the plurality of extracted medical images are arranged. The plurality of reduced images are arranged for each apparatus type in the list, and the list clearly indicates a reduced image corresponding to a candidate image of the plurality of extracted medical images that is more likely to be used. The display displays the generated list.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, an analysis unit, and a display controller. The acquisition unit acquires volume data of a morphological image and volume data of a functional image which are obtained by imaging an object. The analysis unit analyzes the volume data of the morphological image. The display controller controls to display a reference point on volume data of the morphological image and to decide a slice of the volume data of the functional image which passes through the reference point, based on an analysis result obtained by the analysis unit.