Patent ID: 8520927

Claim:
A medical image processing apparatus, comprising: a tumor region setting part configured to receive a plurality of ultrasonic image data along a time series acquired by ultrasonically capturing a subject to which a contrast agent has been administered and to set a liver tumor region for said plurality of ultrasonic image data along the time series; a first time-change calculator configured to obtain a first time change indicating a time change of pixel values in said set liver tumor region based on said plurality of ultrasonic image data along the time series; a first peak-detection part configured to specify at least a first peak point of said first time change and to obtain a time and pixel value of said first peak point; a first determination part configured to determine a degree of malignancy of said liver tumor based on the time and pixel value of said first peak point; and a display controller configured to cause a display to display said degree of malignancy determined by said first determination part, wherein if the first peak-detection part specifies two peak points based on said first time change, said first determination part is configured to determine said degree of malignancy of said liver tumor, based on a correlation between a pixel value of a peak point occurring at a relatively earlier time among said two peak points and a pixel value of a peak point occurring at a relatively later time among said two peak points.