Patent ID: 11935234
Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC G

Claim 2:
3. The method according to claim 2,
wherein, in the detecting, boundary lines of at least the left ventricle shadow, the descending aorta shadow, the left diaphragm dome shadow, the right edge of the vertebral body, and the right atrium shadow are detected among boundary lines of the left ventricle shadow, the descending aorta shadow, the left diaphragm dome shadow, the left edge of the vertebral body, the right edge of the vertebral body, the right atrium shadow, and the right diaphragm dome shadow, and
wherein, in the setting, the first lung area is set as an area sandwiched by, among the boundary lines detected in the detecting, the boundary lines of the left ventricle shadow, the descending aorta shadow, and the left diaphragm dome shadow and an area sandwiched by the boundary lines of the right edge of the vertebral body and the right atrium shadow.