Patent ID: 8165367
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A medical image processing apparatus comprising: a three-dimensional model estimating section for estimating, based on an inputted two-dimensional image of an image of a living tissue within a body cavity, a three-dimensional model of the living tissue; a shape feature value calculating section for calculating shape feature values of respective voxels included in the three-dimensional model of the living tissue; a three-dimensional shape extracting section for extracting a first voxel group whose three-dimensional model has been estimated as a predetermined shape, in the respective voxels included in the three-dimensional model of the living tissue, based on the shape feature values; and a protruding shape detecting section for detecting the first voxel group as a voxel group configuring a protruding shape in the three-dimensional model of the living tissue.