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Medical diagnostic imaging apparatus, medical image processing method, and computer program product

A technology of medical imaging and diagnostic equipment, applied in the direction of diagnosis, measurement using nuclear magnetic resonance imaging system, diagnostic recording/measurement, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2012-11-21
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYST CORP
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[0007] This problem occurs, for example, when imaging a patient lying down who cannot straighten the body or upper limbs (arms) or lower limbs (feet), or when the Even in a natural posture, it is particularly noticeable when shooting parts that are tilted in multiple directions relative to the body axis and included in the imaging range

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[0024] Here, "AHL", "LAH", "PFR", and "RPF" shown in (c) and (d) of this figure are direction information given based on the direction of the patient coordinate system, respectively, and the characters representing the left-right direction are represented by R / When L (right / left), H / F (up / down) is the character indicating the up-down direction, and A / P (front / back) is the character indicating the front-back direction, the cross section is indicated by combining each character The up and down, left and right, and front and back tilts of the image.

[0025] As described above, since an image showing directions based on the patient coordinate system is shown as an image in which parts are tilted in multiple directions, it is not possible to intuitively determine how much the parts are tilted relative to the anatomical direction.

[0026] Therefore, in the MRI apparatus according to the first embodiment, a coordinate system representing an anatomically unique direction set for ea...

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The invention relates to a medical diagnostic imaging apparatus, medical image processing method, and computer program product. A main control unit 15 receives specification of a reference plane for which the cross section of a region of an object is imaged from an operator via an input unit 11, and a coordinate system setting unit 16 specifies the kind of the region cross sectional image of the reference plane to be one of an axial plane, a sagittal plane and a coronal plane. Also, the coordinate system setting unit 16 specifies vertical, horizontal, and anteroposterior directions on the reference plane and sets a region coordinate system based on the anatomical characteristic of the region on the basis of the specified kind of the reference plane and the respective specified directions on the reference plane.; Further, the main control unit 15 stores information about relationship between a patient coordinate system based on the posture during imaging of the subject and the region coordinate system in association with an image stored by a storage unit 14.

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[0001] This application enjoys the benefit of priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-24231 filed on February 2, 2007 and Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-301630 filed on November 21, 2007, which are cited in this application all content. technical field [0002] The present invention relates to a medical image diagnosis device, a medical image processing method, and a computer program product that reconstruct an image based on information collected from a subject and display the reconstructed image. Background technique [0003] In recent years, in medical image diagnostic devices such as MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) devices and CT (computer tomography: computerized tomography) devices, along with advances in imaging technology or image processing technology, it has become possible to diagnose The target patient (subject) can capture images of various parts at various positions and angles. For example, the technique described in Japanese Patent Applicat...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B5/055G01R33/54
Inventor 古馆直幸
Owner TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYST CORP