Medical imaging diagnosis apparatus

Details Medical imaging diagnosis apparatus Medical imaging diagnosis apparatus

2008-07-16

2011-11-29

Thomas, Courtney (Department: 2882)

Image analysis

Applications

Biomedical applications

C378S008000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08068651

ABSTRACT:
The medical imaging diagnosis apparatus includes: a region-of-interest setting unit configured to acquire an image of an examination target region in the body of a subject, and thus to set up, on the image, a region of interest, in which change in concentration of a contrast medium is observed; a calculator configured to calculate an average of CT values each representing the concentration of the contrast medium in the region of interest; an approximation unit configured to find an approximation for the region of interest on the basis of multiple CT values calculated by the calculator for the region of interest; and a comparison unit configured to compare a coefficient of the approximation with a value representing a setup condition beforehand stored, and to detect the timing of a definitive scan on the basis of the approximation which agrees with the setup condition within a predetermined range.

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