Nuclear medical imaging apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method
US9392980B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 11, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B6/5247
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A two-dimensional look-up-table (LUT) storage unit stores a two-dimensional LUT in which each combination of two input values is associated with an output value for outputting a different color tone. A registration unit registers Positron Emission Tomography (PET) images of examination 1 and examination 2 by using X-ray CT images of the examination 1 and the examination 2; and an output-image creating unit acquires from the two-dimensional LUT an output value where input values are a combination of pixel values of corresponding pixels between the registered PET images, and creates an output image. Moreover, the output-image creating unit creates the output image from output values within a setting range specified on the two-dimensional LUT, among acquired output values. A display control unit controls display such that an output image or a composite image of an output image and an X-ray CT image created by a composite-image creating unit is to be displayed on a monitor.
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