Medical image processing apparatus, medical image processing method, medium, and medical image processing system

1. A medical image processing apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor configured to execute

detecting one or more vertebral bodies and one or more intervertebral disks in a sagittal sectional view of a medical image;

labeling each part satisfying a predetermined condition among the one or more vertebral bodies and the one or more intervertebral disks detected by the detecting;

interpolating a vertebral body or an intervertebral disk in the sagittal sectional view of the medical image in a case where the one or more vertebral bodies and the one or more intervertebral disks detected by the detecting do not include the vertebral body or the intervertebral disk that satisfies the predetermined condition; and

executing the labeling also for the vertebral body or the intervertebral disk interpolated by the interpolating,

wherein the interpolating includes calculating a position of the vertebral body or the intervertebral disk to be interpolated as an interpolation point, by using a position of at least one of the one or more vertebral bodies and the one or more intervertebral disks detected by the detecting.

2. The medical image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the detecting detects a sacrum or a second cervical vertebra in the medical image, and

wherein the labeling determines whether or not the predetermined condition is satisfied with the sacrum or the second cervical vertebra as a reference point.

3. The medical image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the interpolating includes calculating a position of the vertebral body or the intervertebral disk to be interpolated as an interpolation point, by using a position of at least one of the one or more vertebral bodies and the one or more intervertebral disks detected by the detecting.

4. The medical image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the calculating interpolates the position of the vertebral body or the intervertebral disk to be interpolated, by using a positional relationship between two parts among the one or more vertebral bodies and the one or more intervertebral disks detected by the detecting.

5. The medical image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the calculating interpolates the position of the vertebral body or the intervertebral disk to be interpolated, by using a positional relationship between two parts among the one or more vertebral bodies and the one or more intervertebral disks detected by the detecting.

6. The medical image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a display device configured to display a result of the labeling executed by said at least one processor.

7. The medical image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:

a display device configured to display a result of the labeling executed by said at least one processor.

8. The medical image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a display device configured to display a result of the labeling executed by said at least one processor.

9. The medical image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising:

a display device configured to display a result of the labeling executed by said at least one processor.

10. The medical image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising:

a display device configured to display a result of the labeling executed by said at least one processor.

11. The medical image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising:

a display device configured to display a result of the labeling executed by said at least one processor.

12. A medical image processing method executed by a computer, the method comprising:

detecting one or more vertebral bodies and one or more intervertebral disks in a sagittal sectional view of a medical image;

labeling each part satisfying a predetermined condition among the one or more vertebral bodies and the one or more intervertebral disks detected by the detecting;

interpolating a vertebral body or an intervertebral disk in the sagittal sectional view of the medical image in a case where the one or more vertebral bodies and the one or more intervertebral disks detected by the detecting do not include the vertebral body or the intervertebral disk that satisfies the predetermined condition; and

executing the labeling also for the vertebral body or the intervertebral disk interpolated by the interpolating,

wherein the interpolating includes calculating a position of the vertebral body or the intervertebral disk to be interpolated as an interpolation point, by using a position of at least one of the one or more vertebral bodies and the one or more intervertebral disks detected by the detecting.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the detecting detects a sacrum or a second cervical vertebra in the medical image, and

wherein the labeling determines whether or not the predetermined condition is satisfied with the sacrum or the second cervical vertebra as a reference point.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon, which when executed, cause a computer to execute a method comprising:

detecting one or more vertebral bodies and one or more intervertebral disks in a sagittal sectional view of a medical image;

labeling each part satisfying a predetermined condition among the one or more vertebral bodies and the one or more intervertebral disks detected by the detecting;

interpolating, a vertebral body or an intervertebral disk in the sagittal sectional view of the medical image in a case where the one or more vertebral bodies and the one or more intervertebral disks detected by the detecting do not include the vertebral body or the intervertebral disk that satisfies the predetermined condition; and

executing the labeling also for the vertebral body or the intervertebral disk interpolated by the interpolating,

wherein the interpolating includes calculating a position of the vertebral body or the intervertebral disk to be interpolated as an interpolation point, by using a position of at least one of the one or more vertebral bodies and the one or more intervertebral disks detected by the detecting.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the detecting detects a sacrum or a second cervical vertebra in the medical image, and

wherein the labeling determines whether or not the predetermined condition is satisfied with the sacrum or the second cervical vertebra as a reference point.

16. A medical image processing system comprising:

a medical image capturing apparatus configured to capture a medical image; and

the medical image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 configured to process the medical image.

17. A medical image processing system comprising:

a medical image capturing apparatus configured to capture a medical image; and

the medical image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 2 configured to process the medical image.

18. A medical image processing system comprising:

a medical image capturing apparatus configured to capture a medical image; and

the medical image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 configured to process the medical image.

19. A medical image processing system comprising:

a medical image capturing apparatus configured to capture a medical image; and

the medical image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 3 configured to process the medical image.