Medical image processing apparatus and X-ray diagnostic apparatus

1. A medical image processing apparatus comprising:

a memory circuitry configured to store a program; and

a processing circuitry configured to read out the program from the memory circuitry and execute the program;

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

set a region of interest to be observed and a region of non-interest that is different to the region of interest based on volume data, and

determine a trajectory of an arm that holds an X-ray irradiator configured to irradiate X-rays and a detector configured to detect the X-rays that are irradiated, based on a relative positional relationship between the region of interest and the region of non-interest.

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

control a rotational trajectory of the arm in accordance with the trajectory of the arm that is determined,

generate a fluoroscopic image, and

cause the fluoroscopic image that is generated to be displayed on a display while rotating the arm.

3. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

synchronize the rotational trajectory of the arm with a heartbeat, and

control a position of the arm with respect to the region of interest in real time.

4. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

execute alignment between a captured image obtained by imaging an object from a plurality of directions and an anatomical structure in the volume data, and

correct the rotational trajectory of the arm using a difference between the captured image and the volume data that is obtained by the alignment.

5. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , which is configured to acquire any of the volume data, data of the anatomical structure and data of a trajectory of the arm via a network, and

control the rotational trajectory of the arm.

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

project the region of interest and the region of non-interest onto a two-dimensional image,

calculate an imaging angle at which a projection image of the region of interest and a projection image of the region of non-interest do not overlap, and

determine a trajectory of the arm based on the imaging angle at which the projection image of the region of interest and the projection image of the region of non-interest do not overlap.

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

determine a trajectory of the arm by adjusting a trajectory of the arm that is previously registered, based on a relative positional relationship between the region of interest and the region of non-interest.

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

extract an anatomical structure from the volume data, and

set the region of interest and the region of non-interest using the anatomical structure that is extracted.

9. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein a vascular region is adopted as a subject of the anatomical structure.

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

extract a chronological anatomical structure from volume data in time series that is obtained by imaging of a plurality of temporal phases, and

determine a position or a trajectory of the arm corresponding to the plurality of temporal phases based on a relative positional relationship between the region of interest and the region of non-interest in the plurality of temporal phases.

11. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

synchronize a temporal phase of the chronological anatomical structure and a temporal phase to be imaged, and

control the rotational trajectory of the arm so as to image the region of interest in the temporal phase to be imaged.

12. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein:

the volume data in time series is interpolated between temporal phases of the plurality of temporal phases; and

the processing circuitry is configured to:

extract the chronological anatomical structure from the volume data in time series that is interpolated, and

determine a trajectory of the arm based on a relative positional relationship between the region of interest and the region of non-interest in the chronological anatomical structure that is interpolated.

13. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the volume data is data that is imaged in advance by an X-ray CT apparatus.

14. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to accept settings for the region of interest and the region of non-interest based on an operation of a user.

15. An X-ray diagnostic apparatus comprising:

an X-ray irradiator configured to irradiate X-rays;

a detector configured to detect the X-rays that are irradiated;

an arm configured to hold the X-ray irradiator and the detector; and

a processing circuitry configured to read out and execute a program;

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

set a region of interest to be observed and a region of non-interest that is different to the region of interest based on volume data,

determine a trajectory of the arm based on a relative positional relationship between the region of interest and the region of non-interest, and

control a rotational trajectory of the arm in accordance with the trajectory of the arm that is determined.

16. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

generate a fluoroscopic image and cause the fluoroscopic image that is generated to be displayed on a display while rotating the arm.

17. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

synchronize the rotational trajectory of the arm with a heartbeat, and

control a position of the arm with respect to the region of interest in real time.

18. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

perform alignment between a captured image obtained by imaging an object from a plurality of directions and an anatomical structure in the volume data, and

correct the rotational trajectory of the arm using a difference between the captured image and the volume data that is obtained by the alignment.