Medical apparatus, and program
To provide a technique with which dose indices can be managed for body parts in a range to be imaged on a body part-by-body part basis, an X-ray CT apparatus comprises: image producing unit ( 51 ) for producing a scout image ( 10 ) of a patient; defining unit ( 52 ) for defining a range ( 11 ) to be imaged in the scout image ( 10 ); segmenting unit ( 53 ) for segmenting the range ( 11 ) to be imaged into two body parts; identifying unit ( 54 ) for identifying which one of body parts ( 12 ) included in a human body each of the two body parts corresponds to; and calculating unit ( 55 ) for calculating a dose index for each of the two body parts.
1. A medical apparatus comprising:
image producing unit ( 51 ) for producing a scout image ( 10 ) of at least part of a patient ( 40 );
defining unit ( 52 ) for defining a range ( 11 ) to be imaged in said scout image ( 10 );
segmenting unit ( 53 ) for segmenting said range ( 11 ) to be imaged into a plurality of body parts;
identifying unit ( 54 ) for identifying which one of body parts ( 12 ) included in a human body each of said plurality of body parts corresponds to; and
calculating unit ( 55 ) for calculating a dose index for each of said plurality of body parts.
2. The medical apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein: said segmenting unit ( 53 ) defines a line for segmenting said range ( 11 ) to be imaged into the plurality of body parts.
3. The medical apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein: said identifying unit ( 54 ) selects a body part that corresponds to each body part included in said range ( 11 ) to be imaged from a list representing the body parts ( 12 ) included in a human body.
4. The medical apparatus as recited in claim 1 , comprising: report creating unit ( 56 ) for creating a dose report ( 13 ) including said dose indices.
5. The medical apparatus as recited in claim 4 , wherein:
in said dose report ( 13 ) is shown by an abbreviation ( 14 ) a body part that corresponds to each of said plurality of body parts, and
said report creating unit ( 56 ) creates abbreviation information representing a relationship between said abbreviation and the body part of said patient ( 40 ).
6. The medical apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein: said dose indices include CTDIvol (volume CTDI), and DLP (Dose-Length Product).
7. The medical apparatus as recited in claim 1 , comprising: a display device ( 62 ) for displaying said range ( 11 ) to be imaged segmented into said plurality of body parts.
8. The medical apparatus as recited in claim 1 , comprising: an input device ( 61 ) for inputting an operational signal corresponding to a user's operation.
9. The medical apparatus as recited in claim 8 , wherein: in response to the operational signal input from said input device ( 61 ) corresponding to said user's operation, said defining unit ( 52 ) defines said range ( 11 ) to be imaged in said scout image ( 10 ).
10. The medical apparatus as recited in claim 8 , wherein: in response to the operational signal input from said input device ( 61 ) corresponding to said user's operation, said segmenting unit ( 53 ) segments said range ( 11 ) to be imaged into the plurality of body parts.
11. The medical apparatus as recited in claim 8 , wherein: in response to the operational signal input from said input device ( 61 ) corresponding to said user's operation, said identifying unit ( 54 ) identifies which one of the body parts ( 12 ) included in said human body each of said plurality of body parts corresponds to.
12. A non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium provided in a medical apparatus for acquiring an image ( 10 ) of a patient ( 40 ), in which medium are stored one or more processor-executable instructions causing, when executed by a processor, execution of the acts comprising:
producing a scout image ( 10 ) of at least part of a patient ( 40 );
defining a range ( 11 ) to be imaged in said scout image ( 10 );
segmenting said range ( 11 ) to be imaged into a plurality of body parts;
identifying which one of body parts ( 12 ) included in a human body each of said plurality of body parts corresponds to; and
calculating a dose index for each of said plurality of body parts.