Image display apparatus and X-ray diagnosis apparatus
View Patent ↗An X-ray perfusion-image creating unit creates an X-ray perfusion image indicating blood flow dynamics in a certain organ from an X-ray projection image of a subject given with a contrast agent. An image correction unit extracts thickness information indicating the thickness of a myocardium from a three-dimensional image taken by an X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) apparatus. Moreover, the image correction unit creates a corrected perfusion image in which the thickness of the myocardium in the X-ray perfusion image is corrected, based on the thickness information. A display unit then displays the corrected perfusion image.
1. An image display apparatus, comprising:
an X-ray perfusion-image creating unit that creates an X-ray perfusion image indicating blood flow dynamics in a certain organ from an X-ray projection image of a subject injected with a contrast agent;
a thickness-information extracting unit that extracts thickness information indicating a thickness of tissue of the organ from a three-dimensional image taken by a diagnostic imaging apparatus;
a correction-image creating unit that creates a corrected perfusion image by proportionally dividing pixel values of the tissue of the organ in the X-ray perfusion image by the thickness indicated by the thickness information; and
a display that displays the corrected perfusion image.
2. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a diagnosis perfusion-image creating unit that creates a diagnosis perfusion image indicating blood flow dynamics in the organ from the three-dimensional image taken by the diagnostic imaging apparatus, wherein the display displays the corrected perfusion image and the diagnosis perfusion image.
3. The image display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the organ is a heart, and
the correction-image creating unit further corrects the corrected perfusion image such that a same blood vessel as a blood vessel contrasted on the diagnosis perfusion image is to be contrasted.
4. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness-information extracting unit acquires information indicating an imaging direction at a moment when the X-ray projection image is taken, and extracts information indicating a thickness of the tissue of the organ along the imaging direction as the thickness information.
5. The image display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the thickness-information extracting unit acquires information indicating a state of a mechanism at a moment of radiographing with X-rays by an X-ray radiographic apparatus that takes the X-ray projection image, as information indicating the imaging direction.
6. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display further displays a ischemic region on the corrected perfusion image.
7. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the diagnostic imaging apparatus is one of an X-ray Computed Tomography apparatus, a Magnetic Resonance Imaging apparatus, and a Positron Emission Tomography apparatus.
8. An image display apparatus, comprising:
a diagnosis perfusion-image creating unit that creates a diagnosis perfusion image indicating blood flow dynamics in a certain organ from a three-dimensional image taken by a diagnostic imaging apparatus;
a thickness-information extracting unit that extracts thickness information indicating a thickness of tissue of the organ from the three-dimensional image;
a correction-image creating unit that creates a corrected perfusion image by integrating pixel values of the tissue of the organ corresponding to the thickness indicated by the thickness information in the diagnosis perfusion image so as to convert the diagnosis perfusion image into a two-dimensional image; and
a display that displays the corrected perfusion image.
9. The image display apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising an X-ray perfusion-image creating unit that creates an X-ray perfusion image indicating blood flow dynamics in the organ from an X-ray projection image of a subject injected with a contrast agent, wherein the display displays the corrected perfusion image and the X-ray perfusion image.
10. The image display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein
the organ is a heart, and
the correction-image creating unit further corrects the corrected perfusion image such that a same blood vessel as a blood vessel contrasted on the X-ray perfusion image is to be contrasted.
11. The image display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the thickness-information extracting unit acquires information indicating an imaging direction at a moment when the X-ray projection image is taken, and extracts information indicating a thickness of the tissue of the organ along the imaging direction as the thickness information.
12. The image display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the thickness-information extracting unit acquires information indicating a state of a mechanism at a moment of radiographing with X-rays by an X-ray radiographic apparatus that takes the X-ray projection image, as information indicating the imaging direction.
13. The image display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the display further displays a ischemic region on the corrected perfusion image.
14. The image display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the diagnostic imaging apparatus is one of an X-ray Computed Tomography apparatus, a Magnetic Resonance Imaging apparatus, and a Positron Emission Tomography apparatus.
15. An image display apparatus, comprising:
an X-ray perfusion-image creating unit that creates an X-ray perfusion image indicating blood flow dynamics in a certain organ from an X-ray projection image of a subject injected with a contrast agent;
a blood-vessel region extracting unit that extracts a region including a blood vessel as a blood vessel region from a three-dimensional image taken by a diagnostic imaging apparatus;
a blood-vessel thickness calculating unit that calculates a thickness of the blood vessel in the blood vessel region;
a correction-image creating unit that creates a blood-vessel corrected perfusion image by proportionally dividing pixel values of the blood vessel in the X-ray perfusion image by the thickness of the blood vessel calculated by the blood-vessel thickness calculating unit; and
a display that displays the blood-vessel corrected perfusion image.
16. The image display apparatus according to claim 15 , further comprising a diagnosis perfusion-image creating unit that creates a diagnosis perfusion image indicating blood flow dynamics in the organ from the three-dimensional image taken by the diagnostic imaging apparatus, wherein the display displays the blood-vessel corrected perfusion image and the diagnosis perfusion image.
17. The image display apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein
the organ is a heart, and
the correction-image creating unit further corrects the blood-vessel corrected perfusion image such that a same blood vessel as a blood vessel contrasted on the diagnosis perfusion image is to be contrasted.
18. The image display apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the blood-vessel thickness calculating unit acquires information indicating an imaging direction at a moment when the X-ray projection image is taken, and calculates a thickness of the blood vessel along the imaging direction.
19. The image display apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the blood-vessel thickness calculating unit acquires information indicating a state of a mechanism at a moment of radiographing with X-rays by an X-ray radiographic apparatus that takes the X-ray projection image, as information indicating the imaging direction.
20. The image display apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the display further displays a ischemic region on the blood-vessel corrected perfusion image.
21. The image display apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the diagnostic imaging apparatus is one of an X-ray Computed Tomography apparatus, a Magnetic Resonance Imaging apparatus, and a Positron Emission Tomography apparatus.
22. An X-ray diagnosis apparatus, comprising:
an X-ray generating unit that generates an X-ray;
an X-ray image creating unit that creates an X-ray projection image by detecting X-rays passing through a subject injected with a contrast agent;
an X-ray perfusion-image creating unit that creates an X-ray perfusion image indicating blood flow dynamics in a certain organ from the X-ray projection image;
a thickness-information extracting unit that extracts thickness information indicating a thickness of tissue of the organ from a three-dimensional image taken by a diagnostic imaging apparatus;
a correction-image creating unit that creates a corrected perfusion image by proportionally dividing pixel values of the tissue of the organ in the X-ray perfusion image by the thickness indicated by the thickness information; and
a display that displays the corrected perfusion image.
23. The X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein the display further displays a ischemic region on the corrected perfusion image.
24. The X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein the diagnostic imaging apparatus is one of an X-ray Computed Tomography apparatus, a Magnetic Resonance Imaging apparatus, and a Positron Emission Tomography apparatus.
25. An X-ray diagnosis apparatus, comprising:
an X-ray generating unit that generates an X-ray;
an X-ray image creating unit that creates an X-ray projection image by detecting X-rays passing through a subject injected with a contrast agent;
a diagnosis perfusion-image creating unit that creates a diagnosis perfusion image indicating blood flow dynamics in a certain organ from a three-dimensional image taken by a diagnostic imaging apparatus;
a thickness-information extracting unit that extracts thickness information indicating a thickness of tissue of the organ from the three-dimensional image;
a correction-image creating unit that creates a corrected perfusion image by integrating pixel values of the tissue of the organ corresponding to the thickness indicated by the thickness information in the diagnosis perfusion image so as to convert the diagnosis perfusion image into a two-dimensional image; and
a display that displays the X-ray projection image and the corrected perfusion image.
26. The X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to claim 25 , wherein the display further displays a ischemic region on the corrected perfusion image.
27. The X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to claim 25 , wherein the diagnostic imaging apparatus is one of an X-ray Computed Tomography apparatus, a Magnetic Resonance Imaging apparatus, and a Positron Emission Tomography apparatus.
28. An X-ray diagnosis apparatus, comprising:
an X-ray generating unit that generates an X-ray;
an X-ray image creating unit that creates an X-ray projection image by detecting X-rays passing through a subject injected with a contrast agent;
an X-ray perfusion-image creating unit that creates an X-ray perfusion image indicating blood flow dynamics in a certain organ from the X-ray projection image;
a blood-vessel region extracting unit that extracts a region including a blood vessel as a blood vessel region from a three-dimensional image taken by a diagnostic imaging apparatus;
a blood-vessel thickness calculating unit that calculates a thickness of the blood vessel in the blood vessel region;
a correction-image creating unit that creates a blood-vessel corrected perfusion image by proportionally dividing pixel values of the blood vessel in the X-ray perfusion image by the thickness of the blood vessel calculated by the blood-vessel thickness calculating unit; and
a display that displays the blood-vessel corrected perfusion image.
29. The X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to claim 28 , wherein the display further displays a ischemic region on the blood-vessel corrected perfusion image.
30. The X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to claim 28 , wherein the diagnostic imaging apparatus is one of an X-ray Computed Tomography apparatus, a Magnetic Resonance Imaging apparatus, and a Positron Emission Tomography apparatus.