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X-ray diagnostic apparatus and image processing apparatus

US7496175B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 30, 2007
Grant dateFeb 24, 2009
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B6/541
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit which stores the data of a plurality of images in an angiography sequence, and a computation unit which generates a reference time density curve concerning a reference region set in a blood supply region to a blood supplied region and a plurality of time density curves concerning a plurality of local regions set in the blood supplied region on the basis of the data of a plurality of images, and computes a plurality of indexes respectively representing the correlations of the plurality of time density curves with respect to the reference time density curve.

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