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

Claim 15:
16. An image processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry 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 so that cortex parts of the brain do not overlap in a projecting direction in each of the plurality of regions;
to generate a plurality of projection images respectively corresponding to the plurality of regions and each rendering a micro bleed or calcification occurring in the brain by performing a projecting process on the three-dimensional image data by using the projecting direction different for each of the plurality of regions; and
to output the plurality of projection images.