US 11,694,330 B2
Medical image processing apparatus, system, and method
Gakuto Aoyama, Nasushiobara (JP)
Assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara (JP)
Filed by CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara (JP)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/349,435.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-119732 (JP), filed on Jul. 13, 2020; and application No. 2021-093178 (JP), filed on Jun. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0012878 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/0012 (2013.01) [G06T 11/00 (2013.01); A61B 6/503 (2013.01); A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30104 (2013.01)] 39 Claims
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1. A medical image processing apparatus, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to
extract a degree of a disease related to a heart from a medical image; and
display, when the degree of the disease related to the heart is high, a first index value related to a blood vessel and calculated from one of blood pressure and a blood flow, and display, when the degree of the disease related to the heart is low, wall shear stress serving as a second index value related to the blood vessel, as information related to the blood flow of the blood vessel and calculated based on the medical image, wherein the first index value is an index value of a different type from the wall shear stress serving as the second index value.