Medical image processing apparatus and medical image processing method
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1. A medical image processing apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to;
extract a living valve image by analyzing 3D image data related to an anatomical part of a subject;
specify a distribution of an amount of calcium in the living valve image from CT values of pixels in the living valve image;
calculate a distribution of difficulty levels of implanting an artificial valve to the anatomical part in the living valve image based on a comparison between the amount of calcium and a predetermined set value;
extract a vessel slice related to the living valve by analyzing the 3D image data;
calculate a distribution of calcium in the vessel wall of the vessel slice from CT values of pixels in the vessel slice; and
calculate a distribution of implantation difficulty levels for an artificial valve in the vessel wall.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for medical image processing. The processing of the medical image extracting a living valve image by analyzing a 3D image of an anatomical organ of a subject, specifying a distribution of an amount of calcium in the living valve image from CT pixel values in the living valve image, and specifying a distribution of difficulty levels of implanting an artificial valve to the anatomical organ based on a comparison between the amount of calcium and a predetermined value.
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1. A medical image processing apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry configured to; extract a living valve image by analyzing 3D image data related to an anatomical part of a subject; specify a distribution of an amount of calcium in the living valve image from CT values of pixels in the living valve image; calculate a distribution of difficulty levels of implanting an artificial valve to the anatomical part in the living valve image based on a comparison between the amount of calcium and a predetermined set value; extract a vessel slice related to the living valve by analyzing the 3D image data; calculate a distribution of calcium in the vessel wall of the vessel slice from CT values of pixels in the vessel slice; and calculate a distribution of implantation difficulty levels for an artificial valve in the vessel wall. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A medical image processing method comprising:
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extracting a living valve image by analyzing 3D image data related to an anatomical part of a subject; specifying a distribution of an amount of calcium in the living valve image from a CT value of each pixel in the living valve image; calculating a distribution of difficulty levels of implanting an artificial valve to the anatomical part in the living valve image based on a comparison between the amount of calcium and a predetermined set value; and extracting a vessel slice related to the living valve by analyzing the 3D image data, wherein the step of specifying the distribution of the amount of calcium in the living valve image includes calculating a distribution of calcium in the vessel wall of the vessel slice from CT values of pixels in the vessel slice, the step of calculating the distribution of difficulty levels of implanting the artificial valve includes calculating a distribution of implantation difficulty levels for an artificial valve in the vessel wall. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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