Patent ID: 9734578
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06T,G16H

Claim:
1. A medical image analyzer configured to analyze time-series images of a subject to obtain hemodynamics of the subject, the medical image analyzer comprising processing circuitry configured to: retrieve a plurality of time-series images captured of a plurality of areas of a subject having been administered a contrast agent at different times; obtain first artery transition information that represents a transition of pixel value in an artery area based on the artery area specified in a part of the time-series images; select vessel pixels each representing a blood vessel from pixels of the time-series images; obtain blood vessel transition information that represents a transition of pixel value of the vessel pixels selected; obtain a correspondence relationship between one and another of the time-series images; and obtain second artery transition information corresponding to the artery area at a time of capturing time-series images other than the part of the time-series images based on time information indicating a time of capturing each of the time-series images, the first artery transition information, the blood vessel transition information, and the correspondence relationship.