Patent ID: 8743118

Claim:
A medical image display device comprising: storage means configured to store a slice image of an object to be examined which is obtained by a medical image diagnostic apparatus; extraction means configured to extract a center line passing through a region of a hollow organ of the object and a center thereof from the slice image stored in the storage means; deployment image generation means configured to generate a deployment image of the hollow organ while moving a target point from one end to the other end on the center line and executing a rendering process on a cross-section which passes through the target point and is orthogonal to the center line; and setting means configured to set a direction of the cross-section including a focal point which is set using an apex of bending curvature of the hollow organ so as to prevent generation of artifacts, wherein the setting means sets the focal point on a straight line which passes through the apex and is orthogonal to a line segment which connects two points that are disposed ahead and behind, respectively, of the apex.