Medical image diagnostic apparatus

1. A medical image diagnostic apparatus, comprising:

memory circuitry to store therein a set of anatomical landmarks in a subject for each of a plurality of groups being different in detection granularity, the plurality of groups corresponding to at least two of position, organ, bone, blood vessel, and nerve of the subject; and

processing circuitry configured to

generate three-dimensional image data of the subject,

select one group of the plurality of groups based on set examination information and a type of scan to be performed,

detect, in the three-dimensional image data, a first target site, based on a first set of the anatomical landmarks corresponding to the first target site having been classified into the selected group,

detect, after detection of the first target site, in the three-dimensional image data, a second target site, based on a second set of the anatomical landmarks corresponding to the second target site having been classified into the selected group, and

output information indicating the detected first target site and the detected second target site,

wherein a number of the anatomical landmarks corresponding to the first target site is lower than a number of the anatomical landmarks corresponding to the second target site.

2. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to select the group based on the detection granularity according to the examination information and the type of scan.

3. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to select the group based on priorities set in advance according to the examination information and the type of scan.

4. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to output information indicating a detection result of the first target site and the second target site to at least one of a display image generated from the three-dimensional image data and a human model image.

5. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to output an image in which the detected first target site and the detected second target site are more highlighted than other sites, in at least one of the display image and the human model image.

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

receive a designation operation for designating a site of the subject with respect to a display image generated from the three-dimensional image data, and

output information indicating a site designated by the received designation operation as a detected target site.

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

receive a setting of a scan range for collecting pieces of projection data for diagnosis, and

adjust a received scan range based on a position of the detected first target site and a position of the detected second target site.

8. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising reconstruction circuitry configured to reconstruct the three-dimensional image data so as to remove noise from collected pieces of projection data, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to detect the first target site and the second target site included in three-dimensional image data reconstructed by the reconstruction circuitry.

9. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the reconstruction circuitry is further configured to reconstruct the three-dimensional image data so as to remove metal contained in the subject and noise, based on a body type of the subject.

10. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control scan conditions for collecting pieces of projection data for diagnosis based on a position of the detected first target site and a position of the detected second target site.

11. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control at least one of an irradiation condition of X rays, an irradiation range, and a bed position at a time of collecting the pieces of projection data for diagnosis, based on the position of the detected first target site and the position of the detected second target site.

12. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control to output at least one piece of information, among information of a site different from a standard form of the detected first target site and the detected second target site and information of a foreign body contained in the subject.

13. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to learn an association between a site different from a standard form of the sites of the subject and a landmark corresponding to the different site, and detect the first target site and the second target site based on a learning result.

14. The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to output information related to the plurality of groups.