X-ray diagnostic apparatus and medical image processing apparatus
An X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to the embodiment includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, image generating unit generating time-series medical images of vasoganglion in a predetermined organ of a subject, region setting unit setting a first upstream and downstream region of a stenosis location in a first blood vessel in the vasoganglion on the medical images, curve generating unit generating a stenosis upstream and downstream curve indicating a change in pixel value in the time-series based on pixel values included in the first upstream and downstream region respectively, stenosis index generating unit generating a stenosis index indicating the degree of stenosis in the first blood vessel based on the stenosis upstream and downstream curve, and display unit displaying the stenosis index.
1. An X-ray diagnostic apparatus, comprising:
an X-ray tube configured to generate X-rays;
an X-ray detector configured to detect X-rays generated by the X-ray tube and transmitted through a subject; and
processing circuitry configured to
generate a plurality of time series medical images of vasoganglion in a coronary artery of the subject based on an output from the X-ray detector,
receive a setting of a first upstream region and a first downstream region on each of the plurality of time series medical images with respect to a stenosis location in a first blood vessel in the vasoganglion, the first upstream region being upstream of the stenosis location and on the first blood vessel, the first downstream region being downstream of the stenosis location,
generate a stenosis upstream curve indicating a change in pixel value over time based on a plurality of pixel values included in the first upstream region set on the first blood vessel in each of the plurality of time series medical images, and generate a stenosis downstream curve indicating a change in pixel value over time based on a plurality of pixel values included in the first downstream region,
generate a stenosis index indicating a degree of stenosis in the first blood vessel based on the stenosis upstream curve and the stenosis downstream curve, the stenosis index corresponding to a fractional flow reserve (FFR), and
cause a display to display the stenosis index,
wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate the stenosis index based on a ratio of a first length of time to a second length of time, the first length of time being from a start timing to a timing of a peak value on the stenosis upstream curve, and the second length of time being from the start timing to a peak value on the stenosis downstream curve.
2. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the processing circuitry is further configured to receive a setting of a second upstream region corresponding to the first upstream region and a second downstream region corresponding to the first downstream region, in a non-stenotic second blood vessel in the vasoganglion, based on a branching portion of the first blood vessel and the second blood vessel;
the processing circuitry is further configured to generate a non-stenosis upstream curve indicating a change in pixel value over time based on a plurality of pixel values included in the second upstream region, and generates a non-stenosis downstream curve indicating a change in pixel value over time based on a plurality of pixel values included in the second downstream region; and
the processing circuitry is further configured to generate an additional stenosis index based on the first length of time, the second length of time, a third length of time from a start timing to a timing of a peak value on the non-stenosis upstream curve, and a fourth length of time from a start timing to a timing of a peak value on the non-stenosis downstream curve.
3. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate, as the additional stenosis index, a normalized ratio obtained by normalizing a first ratio of the first length of time to the second length of time by a second ratio of the third length of time to the fourth length of time.
4. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:
the processing circuitry is further configured to receive a setting of a first tissue region adjacent to the first downstream region and a second tissue region adjacent to the second downstream region, and the processing circuitry is further configured to
generate the stenosis downstream curve based upon a plurality of pixel values included in the first tissue region,
generate the non-stenosis downstream curve based upon a plurality of pixel values included in the second tissue region, and
generate an additional stenosis index based on a first extraction ratio indicating a ratio of a blood volume extracted from the first downstream region to the first tissue region, a second extraction ratio indicating a ratio of a blood volume extracted from the second downstream region to the second tissue region, the first length of time, the second length of time, the third length of time, and the fourth length of time.
5. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to
generate the medical images corresponding to a first projection direction and a second projection direction different from the first projection direction for the subject, and
generate an additional stenosis index based on the first length of time and the second length of time corresponding to the first projection direction and the first length of time and the second length of time corresponding to the second projection direction.
6. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the processing circuitry is further configured to receive a setting of a first tissue region adjacent to the first downstream region;
the processing circuitry is further configured to generate the stenosis downstream curve based on a plurality of pixel values included in the first tissue region; and
the processing circuitry is further configured to generate an additional stenosis index based on the first length of time, the second length of time, and a first extraction ratio indicating a ratio of a blood volume extracted from the first downstream region to the first tissue region.
7. A medical image processing apparatus, comprising:
a memory to store a plurality of time series medical images of vasoganglion in a coronary artery of a subject; and
processing circuitry configured to
receive a setting of a first upstream region and a first downstream region on each of the plurality of time series medical images with respect to a stenosis location in a first blood vessel in the vasoganglion the first upstream region being upstream of the stenosis location and on the first blood vessel, the first downstream region being downstream of the stenosis location,
generate a stenosis upstream curve indicating a change in pixel value over time based on a plurality of pixel values included in the first upstream region set on the first blood vessel in each of the plurality of time series medical images, and generate a stenosis downstream curve indicating a change in pixel value over time based on a plurality of pixel values included in the first downstream region,
generate a stenosis index indicating a degree of stenosis in the first blood vessel based on the stenosis upstream curve and the stenosis downstream curve, the stenosis index corresponding to a fractional flow reserve (FFR), and
cause a display to display the stenosis index,
wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate the stenosis index based on a ratio of a first length of time to a second length of time, the first length of time being from a start timing to a timing of a peak value on the stenosis upstream curve, and the second length of time being from the start timing to a peak value on the stenosis downstream curve.