Patent ID: 7418121

Claim:
A medical image processing apparatus comprising: an abnormal shadow candidate detecting section for detecting an abnormal shadow candidate from a medical image in which an image of a subject is generated, by using a judging logic which performs judgment by using training data; a training data storing section for storing the training data which is used at a detection of the abnormal shadow candidate, so as to make the stored training data updatable; a displaying section for displaying the medical image and a detection result of the abnormal shadow candidate; an area designating section for designating an area to be registered as the training data on the medical image displayed on the displaying section; a data controlling section for having an image of the designated area stored in the training data storing section as the training data so as to classify the training data into a plurality of categories; a changing section for changing a category into which the training data is classified in the training data storing section; and a logic correcting section for correcting the judging logic of the abnormal shadow candidate detecting section based on the training data stored in the training data storing section after the category is changed by the changing section.