Patent Document ID: 20140086470
Application ID: 14114078
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An X-ray CT apparatus configured to create volume data based on a result obtained by X-ray scanning of a subject for medical practice with a puncture needle, comprising: an image processor configured to create, based on the volume data, an image of the subject obtained by scanning in a state such that the puncture needle is being inserted to the subject; and a display controller configured to allow the image to be displayed on a display, wherein: the image processor is configured to create a new planned image based on displacement between a position of a specific region in an image based on particular volume data and a position of a corresponding specific region in a first planned image, which is created based on different volume data in advance and includes an image of an insert passage for the puncture needle with respect to the subject; and the display controller is configured to allow the display to display the new planned image.