IP Library Patent Application 19187215
Patent Application
App. No. 19/187,215

MEDICAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL PROCESSING METHOD

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App. No.
19/187,215
Abstract

A medical processing apparatus according to the present embodiment comprises a processing circuitry configured to acquire three-dimensional volume data of a subject, extract a first section intersecting a reference line of the subject included in the three-dimensional volume data, extract a second section intersecting the first section from the three-dimensional volume data based on a posture of the subject included in the first section, and output information based on the second section.

Claims (36)

1 . A medical processing apparatus comprising:

a processing circuitry configured to:

acquire three-dimensional volume data of a subject;

extract a first section intersecting a reference line of the subject included in the three-dimensional volume data;

extract a second section intersecting the first section from the three-dimensional volume data based on a posture of the subject included in the first section; and

output information based on the second section.

2 . The medical processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to extract a first section intersecting the reference line and including a predetermined site of the subject, and

the second section extraction unit extracts the second section based on the posture of the subject identified from the predetermined site.

3 . The medical processing apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to extract, as the first section, a section including the predetermined site of the subject among a plurality of sections intersecting a plurality of different positions of the reference line.

4 . The medical processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the subject is a fetus, and

the processing circuitry is further configured to acquire the reference line based on a measurement target of the fetus included in the three-dimensional volume data, and extract the first section intersecting the reference line.

5 . The medical processing apparatus of claim 4 , wherein:

the measurement target is a crown-rump length (CRL), and

the processing circuitry is further configured to acquire the reference line based on the crown-rump length detected from the three-dimensional volume data.

6 . The medical processing apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

extract, as the first section, a section intersecting the reference line and including a head of the fetus; and

extract the second section based on a posture of the fetus identified from the head of the fetus.

7 . The medical processing apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to extract, as the first section including the head of the fetus, a section having a largest region representing the fetus, among a plurality of sections intersecting a plurality of different positions of the reference line.

8 . The medical processing apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to detect an orientation of the head of the fetus as the posture of the fetus, and extract, as the second section, a median sagittal section of the fetus intersecting the first section and including the reference line based on the orientation of the head of the fetus.

9 . The medical processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the subject is a head, and

the processing circuitry is further configured to acquire the reference line based on a measurement target of the head included in the three-dimensional volume data.

10 . The medical processing apparatus of claim 9 , wherein:

the measurement target is a corpus callosum, and

the processing circuitry is further configured to acquire the reference line based on the corpus callosum detected from the three-dimensional volume data.

11 . The medical processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to extract, as the first section, a section intersecting the reference line and including orbits.

12 . The medical processing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to extract a coronal section including a pair of left and right orbits from the three-dimensional volume data based on the section including the orbits, and extract, as the second section, a head horizontal section intersecting the coronal section based on a direction in which the pair of left and right orbits included in the coronal section is connected.

13 . The medical processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to detect a plurality of anatomical structures of the subject and acquire, as the reference line, a line connecting feature points of the plurality of anatomical structures.

14 . The medical processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to change a position of the reference line based on a bilaterally symmetric anatomical structure included in the first section and extract the first section intersecting the changed reference line.

15 . The medical processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to detect a measurement target of the subject by inputting the three-dimensional volume data to a trained model, detecting a predetermined region of the subject by the trained model, and obtaining information regarding the measurement target of the subject from the predetermined region by a logic.

16 . A medical processing method comprising:

acquiring three-dimensional volume data of a subject;

extracting a first section intersecting a reference line of a subject included in the three-dimensional volume data;

extracting a second section intersecting the first section from the three-dimensional volume data based on a posture of the subject included in the first section; and

outputting information based on the second section.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2026
From: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 075315/0598 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 7, 2025
From: SHOWA UNIVERSITY
To: SHOWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 073231/0847 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2025
From: AMAGI, SEINA
To: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071255/0030 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2025
From: ICHIZUKA, KIYOTAKE
To: SHOWA UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 071464/0008 →