Patent ID: 9460509
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: A61B,G01R,G06T

Claim Text:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an information obtaining unit that obtains information about an obstructive factor that is related to a precision level of perfusion images and is contained in a plurality of pieces of medical image data acquired chronologically; an estimating unit that, on a basis of a time density curve indicating a chronological transition of a signal strength at a blood vessel through which blood flows into a tissue serving as an analysis target of which a perfusion state is analyzed from the plurality of pieces of medical image data and on a basis of a perfusion model of the tissue serving as the analysis target, estimates a time density curve at the tissue serving as the analysis target; a generating unit that generates assessment information, on a basis of the time density curve at the tissue serving as the analysis target estimated by the estimating unit and on a basis of the information about the obstructive factor obtained by the information obtaining unit, the assessment information being used for assessing reliability of the perfusion images generated from the plurality of pieces of medical image data; and a display control unit that exercises control so that a predetermined display unit displays the assessment information generated by the generating unit.