Patent Document ID: 8588496
Application ID: 12979951
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A medical image display apparatus ( 10 , 50 ) comprising: an image database ( 12 ) for recording therein a three-dimensional standard image of a model subject, a three-dimensional anatomical image corresponding to the three-dimensional standard image, and anatomical information representative of names of living tissues; an image acquirer ( 14 ) for acquiring a three-dimensional medical image of an examinee; a medical tomographic image identifier ( 16 ) for identifying a medical tomographic image in the three-dimensional medical image based on a user's instruction; a standard tomographic image identifier ( 20 ) for identifying a standard tomographic image in the three-dimensional standard image, which corresponds to the medical tomographic image; an anatomical tomographic image identifier ( 22 ) for identifying an anatomical tomographic image in the three-dimensional anatomical image, which corresponds to the standard tomographic image; and a display controller ( 24 ) for displaying the medical tomographic image and the anatomical tomographic image on a display unit ( 26 ), while also displaying the names of living tissues over the anatomical tomographic image based on the anatomical information.