Patent ID: 11944479
Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A medical image diagnosis assisting method for assisting an image diagnosis process using a gantry that includes an imaging system configured to perform an imaging process on a subject by using one of radiation and magnetism, the medical image diagnosis assisting method comprising:
generating a first image acquired by imaging the gantry and a couchtop of a couch on which the subject is placed while using an optical imaging device different from the imaging system;
calculating, on a basis of a relative positional relationship between the gantry and the couchtop in the first image, at least one of position or angle of an imaging plane in the first image, the imaging plane being a plane related to an imaging position used in the imaging process by the imaging system;
generating a second image by combining the first image with the imaging plane on a basis of the calculated at least one of position or angle; and
displaying the second image.