Abstract: A console includes: a display unit which plays back a dynamic image formed of a plurality of frame images to display according to operation of an operator; and a learning unit which, when detecting that operation of possibly expressing interest is performed by the operator during playback of the dynamic image, performs statistical processing on a value of an index regarding a dynamic state of a site to be examined and/or change in time of the value of the index in a frame image displayed on the display unit at that time to learn appearance frequency of the value of the index and/or the pattern of the change in time of the value of the index.

Abstract: A radiographic image capturing device includes the following. A two-dimensional array of radiation detectors generate electrical charges corresponding to a dose of incident radiation. A control unit reads the electrical charges discharged from the radiation detectors in a form of image data. The control unit has radiographic modes including a still image mode for still image radiography, a moving image mode for moving image radiography, and a continuous radiographic mode for reading the image data without distinguishing between the still image radiography and the moving image radiography. The control unit selects the continuous radiographic mode to sequentially read the image data when an instruction on performing the still image radiography or the moving image radiography is not sent from an external control device or a user or when the radiographic mode is unknown due to communication failure with the external control device.

Abstract: A dynamic analysis system includes an imaging unit, an attenuation process unit and an analysis unit. The imaging unit images a dynamic state of a subject, thereby generating a plurality of frame images showing the dynamic state of the subject. The attenuation process unit performs an attenuation process to attenuate an image signal component of a product in the frame images. The analysis unit analyzes the dynamic state of the subject based on the frame images after the attenuation process.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a dynamic image acquiring unit acquiring a dynamic image; a time range setting unit setting a first time range and a second time range in an overall time of the dynamic image; a thumbnail generating unit generating a first thumbnail image and a second thumbnail image that are still images obtained by performing statistical processing on frame images in the first time range and frame images in the second time range, respectively; and a display unit displaying the first thumbnail image and the second thumbnail image so that they can visually be compared with each other.

Abstract: A dynamic diagnosis support information generation system includes: a radiation generator capable of irradiating a pulsed radiation; a radiation detector which is provided with a plurality of detecting elements arranged in two-dimension, detects the pulsed radiation irradiated from the radiation generator at each of the plurality of detecting elements and generates frame images successively; and an analysis section which calculates and outputs a feature value relating to a dynamic image of a subject based on a plurality of frame images generated by radiographing the subject by using the radiation generator and the radiation detector, wherein the analysis section calculates the feature value relating to the dynamic image of the subject by corresponding pixels to each others representing outputs of a detecting element at a same position in the radiation detector among the plurality of the frame images.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes an image analysis unit that performs image analysis processing on a plurality of frame images constituting a base dynamic image to obtain an overall analysis value, a statistical analysis unit that performs statistical analysis processing on a diagnostic region using the overall analysis value to obtain a first analysis value, a reference statistical value generating unit that outputs a reference statistical value, and a display unit that displays the first analysis value and the reference statistical value together.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing technology capable of perceiving a motion of the shape of a target area.

Abstract: Provided is a thoracic diagnosis assistance system. The system includes, an imaging unit, an extracting unit, a region dividing unit, an analysis unit and a display unit. The extraction unit extracts a lung field region from the plurality of successive image frames generated by the imaging unit. The region dividing unit divides the lung field region extracted by the extraction unit into a plurality of sub-regions and correlates the sub-regions among the plurality of image frames. The analysis unit performs an analysis of the sub-regions to calculate an inspiratory feature quantity and an expiratory feature quantity and to calculate a value of a ratio of the calculated inspiratory feature quantity to expiratory feature quantity and creates a histogram of the calculated ratio value. The display unit displays the histogram.

Abstract: A chest diagnostic support information generation system includes: a radiography section which radiographs a chest portion of a subject; an image analysis section which generates a diagnostic support information based on an image data generated by the radiography section; and a display which displays the diagnostic support information, wherein the radiography section obtains a plurality of frame images which show a motion state of the chest of the subject, and the image analysis section includes: a breathing information generation section which generates the diagnostic support information relating to breathing of the subject based on a difference value of the pixel or the block corresponded with each other between image frames temporally adjacent among the plurality of frame images; and a blood flow information generation section which generates the diagnostic support information relating to blood flow of the subject based on a generated output signal wave form.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a moving image acquiring unit that acquires a moving image including a plurality of frame images a respiratory information acquiring unit that performs a respiratory information acquiring processing of acquiring respiratory information synchronized at times at which the frame images are captured, a blood-flow-restricted time determining unit that performs a blood-flow-restricted time determining processing of determining, on the basis of the respiratory information, a blood-flow-restricted time indicating a time at which the blood flow of the target region is assumed to be restricted due to respiration, and a blood flow analysis correcting unit that performs a blood-flow-analysis content correcting processing of excluding the frame image captured at the blood-flow-restricted time from targets for blood flow analysis or decreasing the blood-flow-analysis importance of the frame image compared with another time period.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a base period extracting unit extracting a first target region period based on a first periodic change being a periodic change of a target region in a base moving image acquired by a base moving image acquiring unit; a reference period extracting unit extracting a second target region period based on a second periodic change being a periodic change of the target region in a reference moving image acquired by a reference moving image acquiring unit; a period adjusting unit performing period adjusting processing of synchronizing, for the first target region period or the second target region period, the first periodic change and the second periodic change with each other at a particular phase; and a display image generating unit generating a display image allowing for comparison between the base moving image and the reference moving image after the period adjusting processing is performed.

Abstract: Provided is a diagnosis assistance system. The system includes, an imaging unit, an analysis unit, an operation unit, and a display unit. The analysis unit extracts a subject region from each of the plurality of image frames generated by the imaging unit, divides the extracted subject region into a plurality of regions, and analyzes the divided regions correlated among the plurality of image frames, thereby calculating a predetermined feature quantity indicating motions of the divided regions. The operation unit allows a user to select a region serving as a display target of an analysis result by the analysis unit. The display unit displays the calculated feature quantity regarding the selected region.

Abstract: Provided is a thoracic diagnosis assistance system. The system includes, an imaging unit, an extracting unit, a region dividing unit, an analysis unit and a display unit. The extraction unit extracts a lung field region from the plurality of successive image frames generated by the imaging unit. The region dividing unit divides the lung field region extracted by the extraction unit into a plurality of sub-regions and correlates the sub-regions among the plurality of image frames. The analysis unit performs an analysis of the sub-regions to calculate an inspiratory feature quantity and an expiratory feature quantity and to calculate a value of a ratio of the calculated inspiratory feature quantity to expiratory feature quantity and creates a histogram of the calculated ratio value. The display unit displays the histogram.

Abstract: Provided is a thoracic diagnosis assistance system. The system includes, an imaging unit, an extracting unit, a region dividing unit, an analysis unit and a display unit. The extraction unit extracts a lung field region from the plurality of successive image frames generated by the imaging unit. The region dividing unit divides the lung field region extracted by the extraction unit into a plurality of sub-regions and correlates the sub-regions among the plurality of image frames. The analysis unit performs an analysis of the sub-regions to calculate an inspiratory feature quantity and an expiratory feature quantity and to calculate a value of a ratio of the calculated inspiratory feature quantity to expiratory feature quantity and creates a histogram of the calculated ratio value. The display unit displays the histogram.

Abstract: A dynamic diagnosis support information generation system includes: a radiation generator capable of irradiating a pulsed radiation; a radiation detector which is provided with a plurality of detecting elements arranged in two-dimension, detects the pulsed radiation irradiated from the radiation generator at each of the plurality of detecting elements and generates frame images successively; and an analysis section which calculates and outputs a feature value relating to a dynamic image of a subject based on a plurality of frame images generated by radiographing the subject by using the radiation generator and the radiation detector, wherein the analysis section calculates the feature value relating to the dynamic image of the subject by corresponding pixels to each others representing outputs of a detecting element at a same position in the radiation detector among the plurality of the frame images.

Abstract: According to one implementation, a thoracic diagnosis assistance information generation method includes the following. A dynamic state of a chest portion is captured to generate frame images. Air velocity is calculated by dividing a lung field region extracted from one frame region into small regions, corresponding the small regions among the frame images, and calculating a feature amount showing air velocity. Air velocity distribution is calculated by dividing the lung field region into block regions in a trunk axis direction, calculating a feature amount showing air velocity of each block region based on a feature amount showing the air velocity of the small regions in the divided block regions, and calculating a feature amount showing air velocity distribution of the lung field region based on the calculated feature amount showing the air velocity of each block region.

Abstract: Provided is a thoracic diagnosis assistance system. The system includes, an imaging unit, an extracting unit, a region dividing unit, an analysis unit and a display unit. The extraction unit extracts a lung field region from the plurality of successive image frames generated by the imaging unit. The region dividing unit divides the lung field region extracted by the extraction unit into a plurality of sub-regions and correlates the sub-regions among the plurality of image frames. The analysis unit performs an analysis of the sub-regions to calculate an inspiratory feature quantity and an expiratory feature quantity and to calculate a value of a ratio of the calculated inspiratory feature quantity to expiratory feature quantity and creates a histogram of the calculated ratio value. The display unit displays the histogram.

Abstract: Provided is a diagnosis assistance system. The system includes, an imaging unit, an analysis unit, an operation unit, and a display unit. The analysis unit extracts a subject region from each of the plurality of image frames generated by the imaging unit, divides the extracted subject region into a plurality of regions, and analyzes the divided regions correlated among the plurality of image frames, thereby calculating a predetermined feature quantity indicating motions of the divided regions. The operation unit allows a user to select a region serving as a display target of an analysis result by the analysis unit. The display unit displays the calculated feature quantity regarding the selected region.

Abstract: A chest diagnostic support information generation system includes: a radiography section which radiographs a chest portion of a subject; an image analysis section which generates a diagnostic support information based on an image data generated by the radiography section; and a display which displays the diagnostic support information, wherein the radiography section obtains a plurality of frame images which show a motion state of the chest of the subject, and the image analysis section includes: a breathing information generation section which generates the diagnostic support information relating to breathing of the subject based on a difference value of the pixel or the block corresponded with each other between image frames temporally adjacent among the plurality of frame images; and a blood flow information generation section which generates the diagnostic support information relating to blood flow of the subject based on a generated output signal wave form.

Abstract: A dynamic diagnosis support information generation system includes: a radiation generator capable of irradiating a pulsed radiation; a radiation detector which is provided with a plurality of detecting elements arranged in two-dimension, detects the pulsed radiation irradiated from the radiation generator at each of the plurality of detecting elements and generates frame images successively; and an analysis section which calculates and outputs a feature value relating to a dynamic image of a subject based on a plurality of frame images generated by radiographing the subject by using the radiation generator and the radiation detector, wherein the analysis section calculates the feature value relating to the dynamic image of the subject by corresponding pixels to each others representing outputs of a detecting element at a same position in the radiation detector among the plurality of the frame images.