JP5337416B2 - 画像処理装置及び画像診断装置 - Google Patents
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Becker CR et al,"Current development of cardiac imaging with multidetector-row CT," Eur. J Radiol, 36(2), pp.97-103(2000) Jun Horiguch etc., "Quantification of Coronary Artery Calcium Using Multidetector CT and a Retrospective ECG-Gating Reconstruction", AJR: 177 (2001) A.S.Agatston etc., "Quantification of coronary artery calcium using ultrafast computed tomography," J.Am. Coll.Cardiol., vol.15, pp.827-832(1990) Peter Santago etc., "Statistical Models of Partial Volume Effect," IEEE Tran. On Image Processing. Vol.4, No.11,pp.1531-1540 (1995)
p≧pmax/2 ・・・(1)
(1)式における閾値範囲の最大CT値pmaxは、空間解像度が1.0mmの場合、700HUに設定される。従ってp≧350となる。
S=((S1−S2)/S1)×100・・・(2)
また、(2)式の石灰化領域の面積S1を石灰化領域の径R1に、血管領域の面積S2を血管領域の径R2に変更して、狭窄率Sを算出してもよい。
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- 被検体の造影された血管に関する第1のボリュームデータと造影されていない前記血管に関する第2のボリュームデータとを記憶する記憶部と、
前記第2のボリュームデータに含まれる石灰化領域を画素値に基づいて特定する特定部と、
前記特定された石灰化領域に対応する前記第1のボリュームデータに含まれる石灰化領域を強調する強調部と、
前記石灰化領域が強調された第1のボリュームデータに基づいて画像のデータを発生する発生部と、
前記発生された画像を表示する表示部と、
を具備する画像処理装置。 - 前記画像上の血管領域の径又は面積と前記血管領域に占める前記石灰化領域の径又は面積とに基づいて前記血管領域の狭窄率を算出する算出部をさらに備える、請求項1記載の画像処理装置。
- 前記特定部は、
前記第2のボリュームデータに閾値処理をして、石灰化領域の候補領域を抽出する閾値処理部と、
前記抽出された候補領域を領域拡張処理することにより、前記石灰化領域を特定する領域拡張処理部と、
を有する請求項1記載の画像処理装置。 - X線を発生するX線管と、
前記X線管から発生され被検体を透過したX線を検出するX線検出器と、
前記X線検出器からの出力データに基づいて、前記被検体の造影された血管に関する第1のボリュームデータと、造影されていない前記血管に関する第2のボリュームデータとを発生するボリュームデータ発生部と、
前記第2のボリュームデータに含まれる石灰化領域を画素値に基づいて特定する特定部と、
前記特定された石灰化領域に対応する前記第1のボリュームデータに含まれる石灰化領域を強調する強調部と、
前記石灰化領域が強調された第1のボリュームデータに基づいて画像のデータを発生する画像発生部と、
前記発生された画像を表示する表示部と、
を具備する画像診断装置。 - 前記出力データに含まれる量子ノイズを除去する前処理部をさらに備える請求項4記載の画像診断装置。
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