Patent ID: 8031928
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: A61B,G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A CT data processing apparatus comprising: a center calculation part calculating a body center of an examinee on tomographic CT data; a start point setting part identifying a vertebral column position on said tomographic CT data and setting a start point at which a first reference point for determination is initially placed on a muscular layer on the opposite side of said vertebral column position with respect to said body center; a muscular layer determination part determining whether or not a muscular layer is present in a first range set based on said first reference point, and when it is determined that the muscular layer is present in said first range, setting a point on the muscular layer in said first range as a new first reference point and thus determining whether or not the muscular layer is present in said first range while moving said first reference point from said start point; and a separation line calculation part calculating a separation line so that the separation line separating a subcutaneous fat region from a visceral fat region passes through said first reference points.