Canon Medical Systems

A medical image processing apparatus (102) according to an embodiment includes an image acquisition unit (112); a spatial information acquisition unit (152); a feature map generation unit (122, 132); and an execution unit (162). The image acquisition unit (112) is configured to acquire a plurality of medical images. The spatial information acquisition unit (152) is configured to acquire three-dimensional spatial information corresponding to the medical images and representing three-dimensional spatial characteristics. The feature map generation unit (122, 132) is configured to generate a feature map based on the medical images and the three-dimensional spatial information. The execution unit (162) is configured to execute processing on a target medical image based on the feature map.

A method for performing neural-network-based image enhancement in a medical imaging system, the method comprising: acquiring an image of an imaging object, the acquired image including a plurality of patches, with adjacent patches having an overlapping region; using a trained neural network to perform image enhancement on the acquired image in a patch-by-patch manner; and assembling a neural-network-enhanced image, based on an output from the trained neural network and a first blending function, wherein the assembling step performs a weighted summation for each voxel in the overlapping regions based on the first blending function, so as to mitigate checkerboard artifacts in the neural-network-enhanced image.

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus (100) according to an embodiment includes a prepulse application unit (121) configured to perform irradiation of a saturation RF pulse as a prepulse, a readout unit (122) configured to read out a saturation magnetic resonance signal in a spatially selective manner, the saturation magnetic resonance signal corresponding to a signal excited by the saturation RF pulse, a main-acquisition unit (123) configured to perform a main acquisition including irradiation of an excitation RF pulse, after the irradiation of the saturation RF pulse, the excitation RF pulse being a different RF pulse from the saturation RF pulse; and an output unit (124) configured to output the saturation magnetic resonance signal and main-acquisition data acquired by the main acquisition.

An imaging area output apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a template for searching an imaging area. The processing circuitry generates, based on pixel information of each of pixels, an appropriateness map representing an appropriateness degree as the imaging area for each of the pixels. The processing circuitry generates an integral map of the appropriateness map, and calculates an evaluation value as the imaging area of the template by utilizing the integral map with respect to each of disposition ranges of the template to the appropriateness map. The processing circuitry searches a specific disposition range in which the evaluation value satisfies a separately determined condition, and outputs identification data of the imaging area corresponding to the specific disposition range.

A medical information processing apparatus (100) according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry (150). The processing circuitry (150) acquires a plurality of images of a target organ (20) captured in time series. The processing circuitry (150) specifies, from each of the images, a target organ region (200) where the target organ (20) is depicted. The processing circuitry (150) specifies, from each of the images, a device region (60) where a device (30) attached to the target organ (20) is depicted. The processing circuitry (150) specifies, based on the target organ region (200) and the device region (60), an index relating to a state of the target organ (20) to which the device (30) is attached. The index is specified from change in a relative position of the device (30) with respect to the target organ (20) in a specific attention direction (D). An embodiment discloses a medical information processing method.

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According to one embodiment, an analysis apparatus includes a signal processing unit, a calculation unit and a display control unit. The signal processing unit generates a harmonic signal and a fundamental wave signal based on a reception signal that is collected by an ultrasound probe, the harmonic signal corresponding to a harmonic component of a reflected wave of a ultrasound generated in the subject, the fundamental wave signal corresponding to a fundamental wave component of the reflected wave. The calculation unit calculates a first index value indicating tissue properties of the subject based on the harmonic signal, and calculate a second index value indicating the tissue properties based on the fundamental wave signal. The display unit displays an analysis result based on the first index value and the second index value.

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An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry (9070). The processing circuitry (9070) is configured to acquire list-mode data corresponding to a plurality of detection times, generate a plurality of frames based on the list-mode data, assign at least one frame of the plurality of frames into a first frame group based on a similarity of each frame, assign at least one frame of the plurality of frames into a second frame group based on a similarity of each frame, estimate first and second frame group-specific reconstruction parameters based on frames in first frame group, and frames in the second frame group, respectively, wherein the first and second frame group-specific reconstruction parameters are different, reconstruct a first set of frame data from any frame of the first frame group based on the first frame group-specific reconstruction parameter, and reconstruct a second set of frame data from any frame of the second frame group based on the second frame group-specific reconstruction parameter.