Patent ID: 7817828
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: G06T,G16H

Abstract:
1. An image processor for medical treatment support for monitoring the treatment process by obtaining a tomographic image of an object to be examined comprising: a treatment target region setting means for selecting a monitoring image from the tomographic image, and for setting a treatment region as an objective on the image thereof; a treatment-completed region setting means for setting the region where the treatment is already considered completed on the monitoring image; and a total treatment time estimating means for estimating the time up to the completion of the treatment target region being set by the treatment target region setting means based on the treatment-completed region, wherein the total treatment time estimating means obtains each of the distance from a reference point which is the starting point of the treatment to the outline of the treatment-completed region with regard to the treatment-completed region on a plurality of monitoring images, and estimates the total treatment time based on the change of distance.