Patent ID: 9433392
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A61B,G06T,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A medical image processing apparatus comprising: an image data reception part configured to receive at least one of X-ray contrast image data and subtraction image data, of an imaging region including blood vessels of an object, the subtraction image data being generated by subtraction processing between the X-ray contrast image data and non-contrast X-ray image data; a range setting part configured to set a target range in the received X-ray contrast image data or the received subtraction image data; and a blood vessel image generation part configured to derive time changes in concentrations of a contrast agent based on the received X-ray contrast image data or the received subtraction image data, and generate blood vessel image data having pixel values corresponding to times, at which concentrations of the contrast agent become a specific condition, within the target range and pixel values corresponding to concentrations of the contrast agent outside the target range.