Abstract: To reduce time required for establishing diagnosis of a lesion candidate, a diagnostic imaging support system including a medical image shooting device for shooting an image of a subject and a medical image processing device for processing the medical image, the system including: a projection data acquisition part for acquiring projection data of the subject; a reconstruction part for reconstructing the medical image based on the projection data; an acquisition part for acquiring lesion candidate data which is data on lesion candidates detected from the medical image; a reconstruction condition decision part for deciding, on the basis of the lesion candidate data, a reconstruction condition for a magnified reconstruction image which includes the lesion candidates and is more magnified than the medical image; a magnification reconstruction part for reconstructing the magnified reconstruction image by using the reconstruction condition; and a display part for displaying the magnified reconstruction image.

Abstract: To specify, collect, and manage data that matches a usage purpose of a user with high efficiency among enormous medical data. In a case where prescribed medical data is data worthy of evaluation for a user who manipulates a user terminal, a communication unit receives an evaluation result. A database generation unit selectively reads the medical data the evaluation result of which has been received by the communication unit among the medical data accumulated in a medical information storage, and stores the medical data in the storage unit. This processing is repeated every time when an evaluation result is received to generate a database.

Abstract: To reduce time required for establishing diagnosis of a lesion candidate, a diagnostic imaging support system including a medical image shooting device for shooting an image of a subject and a medical image processing device for processing the medical image, the system including: a projection data acquisition part for acquiring projection data of the subject; a reconstruction part for reconstructing the medical image based on the projection data; an acquisition part for acquiring lesion candidate data which is data on lesion candidates detected from the medical image; a reconstruction condition decision part for deciding, on the basis of the lesion candidate data, a reconstruction condition for a magnified reconstruction image which includes the lesion candidates and is more magnified than the medical image; a magnification reconstruction part for reconstructing the magnified reconstruction image by using the reconstruction condition; and a display part for displaying the magnified reconstruction image.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing device capable of generating a more accurate analysis image by extracting a region, which exists at a boundary between different substances and has a pixel value that is non-uniform and continuously changes, from volume data. The image processing device acquires the volume data of a region which includes a large intestine, sets a plurality of starting points of region expansion in a boundary region between air and a residue in the large intestine, sets a condition of an expandable range of a width according to a gradient of a pixel value of each of the starting points, performs a region expansion process from each of the starting points according to the set condition, and generates the analysis image based on the result of the region expansion process.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing device capable of generating a more accurate analysis image by extracting a region, which exists at a boundary between different substances and has a pixel value that is non-uniform and continuously changes, from volume data. The image processing device acquires the volume data of a region which includes a large intestine, sets a plurality of starting points of region expansion in a boundary region between air and a residue in the large intestine, sets a condition of an expandable range of a width according to a gradient of a pixel value of each of the starting points, performs a region expansion process from each of the starting points according to the set condition, and generates the analysis image based on the result of the region expansion process.

Abstract: An image display device such as a medical image display device is provided for supporting that information necessary for diagnosis is sufficiently displayed and the diagnosis without any error is conducted in a short period of time. The medical image display device 1 performs a region of interest setting process for setting a region of an observation site in volume data and a lesion candidate region relating to the observation site, a display image generating process for generating a display image that allows a size of the lesion candidate region to be distinguishable, being adjacent to the observation site on a projection line of interest, when a pixel having a reference pixel value on the projection line of interest corresponds to a pixel of the region of the observation site, and an image displaying process for displaying the display image being generated.

Abstract: The medical image display device is provided with a medical image reading unit configured to read a medical image obtained by a medical image diagnostic apparatus, a projected image creating unit configured to project the medical image onto a projection plane to created the projected image, and a projected image display unit configured to display the projected image, wherein the projected image creating unit has a virtual liquid generating unit configured to generate virtual liquid, the light transmittance of which is not zero and a virtual liquid adding unit configured to add the virtual liquid to the surface of an organ within the medical image, and creates a projected image of the medical image to which the virtual liquid has been added.

Abstract: In a medical image display device for displaying a hollow organ of an examinee as a panoramic image, in order to inform an operator of the existence or nonexistence of a blind area in a panoramic image, the medical image display device has a panoramic image creating unit configured to create a panoramic image of a hollow organ of an examinee and a display unit configured to display the panoramic image, and further has a blind area detecting unit configured to detect a blind area in the panoramic image and an informing unit configured to inform an operator of the existence or nonexistence of the blind portion.

Abstract: In a medical image display device for displaying a hollow organ of an examinee as a panoramic image, an operator is enabled to easily determine whether display of an observation site on the panoramic image is correct or not. The medical image display device having panoramic image creating means configured to create a panoramic image of a hollow organ of an examinee and display means configured to display the panoramic image includes false image probability calculating means configured to calculate a false image probability of a position in the panoramic image in accordance with the position concerned, and control means configured to display the false image probability in association with the panoramic image.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus that automatically recognizes a plurality of organs to subsequently visualize the automatic recognition results in an easy-to-understand manner, and facilitate a modification of the displayed recognition results. The image processing apparatus (23) uses an image processing algorithm to perform an image processing of medical image volume data. The image processing apparatus (23) comprises an organ recognition algorithm executing unit (11) that applies an organ recognition algorithm to medical image volume data to generate and output, as an organ recognition result, structural information on the plurality of organs, and a recognition result displaying unit (32) that displays the organ recognition result.

Abstract: A medical image display device provided with storage means for storing a sliced image of an object to be examined obtained by a medical image diagnostic apparatus, extraction means for extracting a center line passing through the region of a hollow organ of the object and the center thereof from the sliced image stored by the storage means, and 3-dimensional image generation means for generating a virtual 3-dimensional image of the inner wall of the hollow organ seen from a viewpoint while sequentially moving the viewpoint from one end to the other end of the center line is provided, with means for changing the direction in which the virtual 3-dimensional image seen from the viewpoint is generated to the direction of bending curvature of the hollow organ according to the bending curvature thereof.

Abstract: An image display device such as a medical image display device is provided for supporting that information necessary for diagnosis is sufficiently displayed and the diagnosis without any error is conducted in a short period of time. The medical image display device 1 performs a region of interest setting process for setting a region of an observation site in volume data and a lesion candidate region relating to the observation site, a display image generating process for generating a display image that allows a size of the lesion candidate region to be distinguishable, being adjacent to the observation site on a projection line of interest, when a pixel having a reference pixel value on the projection line of interest corresponds to a pixel of the region of the observation site, and an image displaying process for displaying the display image being generated.

Abstract: There is provided a medical image processing device and a medical image processing method that can extract and display lesion candidate regions having different sizes and similarity forms at a time through a series of processing. Therefore, with respect to a first medical image, a first evaluation for the curved surface form of the first medical image is made to extract first lesion candidate regions. With respect to each of the first lesion candidate regions extracted by a first extracting unit, a second evaluation for the curved surface form thereof is made to extract a second lesion candidate region. The second lesion candidate region extracted by a second extracting unit is superimposed and displayed on a second medical image.

Abstract: A medical image processing device is configured to set a parameter to be used for detecting a lesion candidate region. For example, the medical image processing device is configured to input a first parameter P1 estimating a dimension of the lesion, calculate a second parameter P2 based on the first parameter P1, calculate a feature amount indicating a shape of an organ surface by using the second parameter in the medical image, and extract the lesion candidate region based on the calculated feature amount.

Abstract: A medical image display apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes a means (13) for selectively inputting a desired medical image from among medical images taken by a medial-image radiography system, a deployed image creating means (11a) for reading the selectively inputted medical image from the medical-image radiography system or an external storage device, and producing a deployed image of a region of a luminal organ contained in the read medical image, and a control means (11) for controlling display of the created deployed image on a display means (18).

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus that automatically recognizes a plurality of organs to subsequently visualize the automatic recognition results in an easy-to-understand manner, and facilitate a modification of the displayed recognition results. The image processing apparatus (23) uses an image processing algorithm to perform an image processing of medical image volume data. The image processing apparatus (23) comprises an organ recognition algorithm executing unit (11) that applies an organ recognition algorithm to medical image volume data to generate and output, as an organ recognition result, structural information on the plurality of organs, and a recognition result displaying unit (32) that displays the organ recognition result.

Abstract: The medical image display device is provided with a medical image reading unit configured to read a medical image obtained by a medical image diagnostic apparatus, a projected image creating unit configured to project the medical image onto a projection plane to created the projected image, and a projected image display unit configured to display the projected image, wherein the projected image creating unit has a virtual liquid generating unit configured to generate virtual liquid, the light transmittance of which is not zero and a virtual liquid adding unit configured to add the virtual liquid to the surface of an organ within the medical image, and creates a projected image of the medical image to which the virtual liquid has been added.

Abstract: A medical image display apparatus of the present invention is used in a medical image display system having a function of preparing three-dimensional image data on a subject including a plurality of luminal organs and displaying the prepared three-dimensional image data on a display (15) as a three-dimensional image.

Abstract: In a medical image display device for displaying a hollow organ of an examinee as a panoramic image, an operator is enabled to easily determine whether display of an observation site on the panoramic image is correct or not. The medical image display device having panoramic image creating means configured to create a panoramic image of a hollow organ of an examinee and display means configured to display the panoramic image includes false image probability calculating means configured to calculate a false image probability of a position in the panoramic image in accordance with the position concerned, and control means configured to display the false image probability in association with the panoramic image.

Abstract: In a medical image display device for displaying a hollow organ of an examinee as a panoramic image, in order to inform an operator of the existence or nonexistence of a blind area in a panoramic image, the medical image display device has a panoramic image creating unit configured to create a panoramic image of a hollow organ of an examinee and a display unit configured to display the panoramic image, and further has a blind area detecting unit configured to detect a blind area in the panoramic image and an informing unit configured to inform an operator of the existence or nonexistence of the blind portion.