IP Library Granted Patent US 10,492,687
Granted Patent B2
US 10,492,687 · App. 16/238,298 · Granted Dec 3, 2019

Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and image processing apparatus

Inventors: Hitoshi Yamagata (Otawara, JP); Masao Yui (Otawara, JP)
Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,492,687
App. No.
16/238,298
Granted
Dec 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to specify a search start position of a matrix representing inter-regional connectivity between a plurality of regions in a brain based on a result of an analysis on an image of a subject and an attention degree set to each of the regions. The processing circuitry is configured to search the matrix using the search start position.

Claims (29)

1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

perform control to display a matrix that includes first cells each identifying a gyrus and second cells each indicating connectivity between the gyri, the first cells being arranged along a first axis in the matrix;

wherein, in accordance with an operation to select at least one cell of the first cells, the processing circuitry is further configured to perform the control so as to display information regarding a localized region corresponding to the selected cell.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the displayed information regarding the localized region is an image of a gyrus corresponding to the selected cell.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the displayed information regarding the localized region is an image of a gyrus, the gyrus having a connectivity with a gyrus corresponding to the selected cell.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the displayed information regarding the localized region is an image that indicates a fiber-cluster connecting a plurality of gyri, the fiber-cluster indicating a connection between a first gyrus corresponding to the selected cell and a second gyrus having a connectivity with the first gyrus.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the image of the fiber-cluster is a diffusion tensor tractography image.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to search an organ system having a link with the localized region, and is configured to perform the control so as to display information regarding the searched organ system.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the displayed information regarding the searched organ system is displayed on a model image of a human body.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the organ system is at least one of a sensory apparatus and a locomotor apparatus.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the localized region is a gyrus corresponding to the selected cell.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the localized region is a gyrus, the gyrus having a connectivity with a gyrus corresponding to the selected cell.

11. A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, comprising the image processing apparatus according to claim 1 .

12. An image processing system, comprising:

a display; and

processing circuitry configured to

acquire an image of a brain, and

perform control to display, on the display, a matrix that includes first cells each identifying a gyrus and second cells each indicating connectivity between the gyri, the first cells being arranged along a first axis in the matrix;

wherein, in accordance with an operation to select at least one cell of the first cells, the processing circuitry is further configured to perform the control so as to display information regarding a localized region of the brain corresponding to the selected cell, based on the image of the brain.

13. An image processing method, comprising:

performing control to display a matrix that includes first cells each identifying a gyrus and second cells each indicating connectivity between the gyri, the first cells being arranged along a first axis in the matrix,

wherein, in accordance with an operation to select at least one cell of the first cells, the control is performed so as to display information regarding a localized region corresponding to the selected cell.

14. The image processing method according to claim 13 , wherein the displayed information regarding the localized region is an image of a gyrus corresponding to the selected cell.

15. The image processing method according to claim 13 , wherein the displayed information regarding the localized region is an image of a gyrus, the gyrus having a connectivity with a gyrus corresponding to the selected cell.

16. The image processing method according to claim 13 , wherein the displayed information regarding the localized region is an image that indicates a fiber-cluster connecting a plurality of gyri, the fiber-cluster indicating a connection between a first gyrus corresponding to the selected cell and a second gyrus having a connectivity with the first gyrus.

17. The image processing method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

searching an organ system having a link with the localized region,

wherein the step of performing control is performed so as to display information regarding the searched organ system.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 26, 2019
From: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049879/0342 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-178614 · Sep 10, 2015 · national
JP 2016-131705 · Jul 1, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 15250049 · Aug 29, 2016
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