Patent ID: 11903745
Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 20:
21. An image processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry is configured:
to obtain three-dimensional image data of a brain acquired by performing a magnetic resonance imaging process, the three-dimensional image data being image data of a T2*-weighted image, a phase map, a magnetic susceptibility image, a magnetic susceptibility weighted image, a T2* image, or a R2* image;
to divide a region of the brain in the three-dimensional image data into a plurality of regions sectioned in correspondence with blood-vessel dominant regions;
to generate a projection image rendering a micro bleed or calcification occurring in the brain by performing a projecting process on the three-dimensional image data for each of the plurality of regions; and
to output the projection image.