Patent Document ID: 9875539
Application ID: 15257664
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A medical image processing apparatus comprising: an image storage memory configured to store data of an image including an aneurysm in an object; processing circuitry configured to extract a blood vessel wall region from the image; specify an aneurysm region based on the extracted blood vessel wall region; calculate at least one of a blood vessel diameter change rate, a blood vessel curvature, and a blood vessel flattening ratio at each of a plurality of discrete points on the extracted blood vessel wall region other than the aneurysm region; extract, from the plurality of discrete points, a plurality of unrecommended points at each of which the at least one of the blood vessel diameter change rate, the blood vessel curvature, and the blood vessel flattening ratio exceeds a corresponding one of thresholds; decide an unrecommended range from a range in which the plurality of unrecommended points constitute a string; and decide a recommended range for indwelling of a stent graft for the aneurysm by excluding the unrecommended range from the extracted blood vessel wall region; and a display configured to superimpose and display the recommended range on the stored image.