Image processing apparatus, magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, and image processing method

1. An image processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:

generate, from three-dimensional medical image data, a first cross-sectional image and a second cross-sectional image intersecting the first cross-sectional image;

arrange, on a display, the first cross-sectional image to be located in an extending direction of an intersecting line with the first cross-sectional image drawn in the second cross-sectional image; and

change display locations of the first cross-sectional image and the second cross-sectional image on the display, in conjunction with a change in an intersecting location of the first and the second cross-sectional images.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to arrange the first cross-sectional image in a display location that does not cause the first cross-sectional image to overlap the second cross-sectional image.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to display the first and the second cross-sectional images, and

to display a guide line indicating the extending direction of the intersecting line.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to display the guide line so as to connect the first and the second cross-sectional images together.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

generate, from the three-dimensional medical image data, the first cross-sectional image that is a basic cross-sectional image used for diagnosis of a heart and the second cross-sectional image that is an auxiliary cross-sectional image used when setting an image taking location of the basic cross-sectional image; and

display the basic cross-sectional image so as to be located in an extending direction of an intersecting line with the basic cross-sectional image drawn in the auxiliary cross-sectional image; and

display a guide line indicating the extending direction of the intersecting line so as to connect the basic and the auxiliary cross-sectional images together.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to adjust display sizes of cross-sectional images in such a manner that a display size of at least one selected from between a cross-sectional image being operated on and one or more cross-sectional images related to the cross-sectional image being operated on is relatively larger than display sizes of other cross-sectional images.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to exercise control so that at least one selected from between a cross-sectional image being operated on and one or more cross-sectional images related to the cross-sectional image being operated on is displayed, while other cross-sectional images are not displayed.

8. An image processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:

generate, from three-dimensional medical image data, a first cross-sectional image and a second cross-sectional image intersecting the first cross-sectional image;

change display locations of the first cross-sectional image and the second cross-sectional image on a display, in conjunction with a change in an intersecting location of the first and the second cross-sectional images;

re-generate, from the medical image data, at least one selected from between the first and the second cross-sectional images, in accordance with a change in a relative relationship between display locations in which the first and the second cross-sectional images are displayed;

replace at least one selected from between the first and the second cross-sectional images displayed on the display with the re-generated cross-sectional image; and

display the replaced re-generated cross-sectional image.

9. An image processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:

generate, from three-dimensional medical image data, a first cross-sectional image and a second cross-sectional image intersecting the trst cross-sectional image; and

change dispay locations of the first cross-sectional image and the second cross-sectional image on a display, in conjunction with a change in an intersecting location of the first and the second cross-sectional images,

wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to receive a change in a display location of at least one selected from between the first and the second cross-sectional images.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein, from the medical image data, the processing circuitry is configured to re-generate said at least one of the cross-sectional images of which the change in the display location was received.

11. An image processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:

generate, from three-dimensional medical image data, a first cross-sectional image and a second cross-sectional image intersecting the first cross-sectional image; and

change display locations of the first cross-sectional image and the second cross-sectional image on a display, in conjunction with a change in an intersecting location of the first and the second cross-sectional images,

wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to receive a change in a guide line indicating an extending direction of an intersecting line with the first cross-sectional image drawn in the second cross-sectional image.

12. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising:

a sequence controller configured to acquire three-dimensional medical image data used when setting an image taking location of a cross-sectional image acquired by performing an imaging scan;

processing circuitry configured to:

generate a first cross-sectional image and a second cross-sectional image intersecting the first cross-sectional image, from the medical image data;

arrange, on a display, the first cross-sectional image to be located in an extending direction of an intersecting line with the first cross-sectional image drawn in the second cross-sectional image; and

change display locations of the first cross-sectional image and the second cross-sectional image on the display, in conjunction with a change in an intersecting location of the first and the second cross-sectional images.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein, when causing the display to display a third cross-sectional image acquired by performing the imaging scan after the imaging scan, the processing circuitry is further configured to change display locations of the third cross-sectional image and another cross-sectional image intersecting the third cross-sectional image, in conjunction with a change in an intersecting location of the third and the another cross-sectional images.

14. An image processing method implemented by an image processing apparatus, comprising:

generating, from three-dimensional medical image data, a first cross-sectional image and a second cross-sectional image intersecting the first cross-sectional image;

arranging, on a display, the first cross-sectional image to be located in an extending direction of an intersecting line with the first cross-sectional image drawn in the second cross-sectional image; and

changing display locations of the first cross-sectional image and the second cross-sectional image on the display, in conjunction with a change in an intersecting location of the first and the second cross-sectional images.