Medical image processing apparatus, X-ray diagnostic apparatus, and medical image processing method
In one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus used for a treatment using a device includes a memory configured to store a volume data of an object; and processing circuitry configured to acquire positional information of the device, set, in an X-ray image generated by imaging an object using X-ray, a region on which a volume-based 2D image generated from the volume data is to be superimposed, based on the positional information of the device, and generate a superimposed image by superimposing the volume-based 2D image on the set region in the X-ray image.
1. A medical image processing apparatus used for a treatment using a device, the apparatus comprising:
a memory configured to store a volume data of an object; and
processing circuitry configured to
acquire a real-time X-ray image by imaging an object using X-ray,
acquire positional information of the device,
generate a superimposed image by superimposing a volume-based 2D image generated from the volume data on the real-time X-ray image such that a superimposed region where the volume-based 2D image is superimposed and a non-depicted region where the volume-based 2D image is not superimposed are set based on the positional information of the device, and
move a position of the superimposed region and a position of the non-depicted region, in accordance with a movement of the device.
2. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the positional information of the device includes coordinates of a tip portion of the device.
3. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the positional information of the device further includes coordinates of a portion of the device other than the tip portion of the device.
4. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to display the superimposed image such that a region including the device in the volume-based 2D image is not depicted based on the positional information of the device.
5. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to display the superimposed image such that the region where the volume-based 2D image is not depicted is moved depending on a movement of the device.
6. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to display the superimposed image such that an additional region in the volume-based 2D image, located a predetermined distance or more away from a tip of the device in a traveling direction of the device, is not further depicted.
7. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to
receive setting of a fixed region where the volume-based 2D image is fixedly displayed, and
display the superimposed image such that the fixed region in the volume-based 2D image is fixedly depicted regardless of the movement of the device, while the region including the device and the additional region in the volume-based 2D image are moved, depending on the movement of the device.
8. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the X-ray image is a real-time X-ray image.
9. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to
set a transparency at each position of the volume-based 2D image in the superimposed image, based on the positional information of a device,
superimpose the volume-based 2D image, which has the set transparency, on the X-ray image.
10. A medical image processing apparatus used for a treatment using a device, the apparatus comprising:
a memory configured to store a volume data of an object; and
processing circuitry configured to
acquire a real-time X-ray image by imaging an object using X-ray,
acquire positional information of the device,
generate a superimposed image by superimposing a volume-based 2D image generated from the volume data on the real-time X-ray image such that a superimposed region where the volume-based 2D image is superimposed and a transparent region where the volume-based 2D image is superimposed with a predetermined transparency are set based on the positional information of the device, and
move a position of the superimposed region and a position of the transparent region, in accordance with a movement of the device.
11. An X-ray diagnostic apparatus that comprises the medical image processing apparatus of claim 1 .
12. An X-ray diagnostic apparatus that comprises the medical image processing apparatus of claim 10 .
13. A medical image processing method comprising:
acquiring a real-time X-ray image by imaging an object using X-ray,
acquiring positional information of a device; and
at least one of:
(a) generating a superimposed image by superimposing a volume-based 2D image on the real-time X-ray image such that a superimposed region where the volume-based 2D image is superimposed and a non-depicted region where the volume-based 2D image is not superimposed are set based on the positional information of the device, and
moving a position of the superimposed region and a position of the non-depicted region, in accordance with a movement of the device, and
(b) generating a superimposed image by superimposing a volume-based 2D image generated from the volume data on the real-time X-ray image such that a superimposed region where the volume-based 2D image is superimposed and a transparent region where the volume-based 2D image is superimposed with a predetermined transparency are set based on the positional information of the device, and
moving a position of the superimposed region and a position of the transparent region, in accordance with a movement of the device.