Medical image processing apparatus and medical image processing method
US7830378B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 26, 2008 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 11, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30032
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A medical image processing apparatus of the invention comprises: a three-dimensional model estimating section that estimates a three-dimensional model of body tissues based on a two-dimensional image of an image of the body tissues inside a body cavity inputted from a medical image pickup apparatus; a voxel detecting section that detects one voxel existing on a nearest side in a view direction of the medical image pickup apparatus among the voxels included in the three-dimensional model; and a raised shape detecting section that acquires one curved surface including the one voxel to detect a position with gradient variation on the one curved surface and to determine whether or not body tissues with a locally raised shape exist in the position in the three-dimensional model.
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