Patent ID: 8094912

Claim:
A cardiac function display apparatus, comprising: a functional image generation unit for generating a functional image representing a function of a heart in each position using first voxel data of a three-dimensional medical image obtained by photographing a subject; a morphological image generation unit for generating, using a portion of second voxel data of a three-dimensional medical image obtained by photographing the subject, which are identical to or different from the first voxel data, corresponding to an area which includes a blood vessel along an outer myocardial wall of the heart, a morphological image depicting morphology of the blood vessel; and a superimpose display unit for displaying the functional image and the morphological image in a superimposing manner such that each position of the heart in the functional image corresponds to each position of the heart in the morphological image, wherein: the functional image is an image in which images representing functions of the heart on a plurality of slice planes cut in a direction traversing a major axis extending from a cardiac base toward a cardiac apex of the heart are arranged concentrically, and an image representing a function of the heart on a slice plane near the cardiac base of the heart is disposed near the center of the concentrically arranged images and an image representing a function of the heart on a slice plane closer to the cardiac apex of the heart is disposed in a position farther away from the center.