Medical image processing apparatus and X-ray computed tomography apparatus
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1. A medical image processing apparatus, comprising:
- a storage unit configured to store a plurality of volume data files associated with a three-dimensional region of an subject;
an image generation unit configured to generate, based on designation of a first slice, a first slice image from a first volume data file of the plurality of volume data files; and
a slice determination unit configured to automatically determine, based on designation of a first point on the region in the first slice image, corresponding slices in each volume data corresponding to the plurality of volume data files other than the first volume data file,wherein the slice determination unit is configured to determine, as each slice, a plane including a barycenter of a region of interest extracted from the corresponding volume data file.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, it is an subject to reduce the occasion that a region of interest falls outside an image due to the influence of respiratory motion or pulsation. A medical image processing apparatus causes an slice image generation unit to generate a series of slice images from a series of volume data files associated with a three-dimensional region of an subject, and causes a slice position determination unit to determine each of a plurality of slices respectively corresponding to the slice images based on the position of a specific region included in the plurality of volume data files.
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10 Claims
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1. A medical image processing apparatus, comprising:
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a storage unit configured to store a plurality of volume data files associated with a three-dimensional region of an subject; an image generation unit configured to generate, based on designation of a first slice, a first slice image from a first volume data file of the plurality of volume data files; and a slice determination unit configured to automatically determine, based on designation of a first point on the region in the first slice image, corresponding slices in each volume data corresponding to the plurality of volume data files other than the first volume data file, wherein the slice determination unit is configured to determine, as each slice, a plane including a barycenter of a region of interest extracted from the corresponding volume data file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An X-ray computed tomography apparatus, comprising:
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an acquisition unit configured to repeatedly acquire projection data associated with a three-dimensional region of an subject; a reconstruction unit configured to reconstruct a plurality of volume data files from the projection data; an image generation unit configured to generate, based on designation of a first slice, a first slice image from a first volume data file of the plurality of reconstructed volume data files; and a slice determination unit configured to automatically determine, based on designation of a first point on the region in the first slice image, corresponding slices in each volume data corresponding to the plurality of volume data files other than the first volume data file, wherein the slice determination unit is configured to determine, as each slice, a plane including a barycenter of a region of interest extracted from the corresponding volume data file.
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