Medical image processing apparatus and method for detecting locally protruding lesion
US8515141B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 19, 2009 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 17, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30032
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A medical image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a three-dimensional model estimating section for estimating a three-dimensional model of an object based on a two-dimensional image of an image of the object which is inputted from a medical image pickup apparatus; an image dividing section for dividing the two-dimensional image into a plurality of regions each of which includes at least one or more pixels; a feature value calculation section for calculating a feature value according to a grayscale of each pixel in one region for each of the plurality of regions; and a lesion detection reference setting section for setting lesion detection reference for detecting a locally protruding lesion in the regions of the three-dimensional model which correspond to each of the plurality of regions, based on the feature value according to the grayscale.
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