IP Library Granted Patent US 12,633,009
Granted Patent B2
US 12,633,009 · App. 18/181,651 · Granted May 19, 2026

Image processing apparatus, image processing system and storage medium

Inventors: Akinori Tsunomori (Kodaira, JP); Ryoichi Watanabe (Hino, JP)
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
G06T11/26A61B5/1107G06T7/0012G16H30/20G16H50/30G06T2207/30061
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Patent No.
US 12,633,009
App. No.
18/181,651
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor obtains a medical image in which a subject is imaged, calculates a value of an evaluation item based on the medical image, sets evaluation items among a plurality of evaluation items, generates a radar chart using the value of each of the set evaluation items, and outputs the radar chart.

Claims (46)

1 . An image processing apparatus comprising a hardware processor that

obtains a medical image in which a subject is imaged, the medical image being a dynamic image,

sets evaluation items among a plurality of evaluation items,

outputs an indication of at least one of the set evaluation items with the mean and normal distribution of the at least one of the set evaluation items of healthy people,

generates a radar chart using a calculated value of each of the set evaluation items based on the dynamic image, and

outputs the radar chart,

wherein the radar chart shows:

the calculated value of the each of the set evaluation items, and

one or both of reference values of a normal case and reference values of an abnormal condition case.

2 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor calculates, as the value of the evaluation item, a value of time-series information based on the dynamic image.

3 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the time-series information as the evaluation item includes an evaluation item related to a motion of an organ and an evaluation item related to a signal value change accompanying the motion of the organ.

4 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor generates the radar chart provided with the reference values of the normal case for the respective set evaluation items.

5 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor generates, as the radar chart, a plurality of radar charts.

6 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising an operation receiver that receives a user operation to select one or more radar charts from the plurality of radar charts,

wherein the hardware processor outputs the selected one or more radar charts.

7 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the hardware processor outputs the plurality of radar charts.

8 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the plurality of radar charts includes a first radar chart showing the calculated value of the each of the set evaluation items and the reference values of the normal case and a second radar chart showing the calculated value of the set evaluation items and the reference values of the abnormal condition.

9 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the hardware processor outputs the plurality of radar charts or outputs a user selected one or more of the plurality of radar charts.

10 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor sets the evaluation items based on order information.

11 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an operation receiver that receives a user operation to set the evaluation items,

wherein the hardware processor sets the evaluation items corresponding to the user operation received by the operation receiver.

12 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the number of the evaluation items to be set by the hardware processor is variable.

13 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor calculates, as a value of one of the evaluation items, a value of time-series information based on the dynamic image, and

the time-series information is related to a change in a signal value of pixels in a region of interest accompanying the motion of the organ in the dynamic image.

14 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the indication of the normal distribution is displayed in gradations of color.

15 . An image processing system comprising:

an examination apparatus that obtains a medical image in which a subject is imaged;

an image processing apparatus that is connected to the examination apparatus; and

a hardware processor that

obtains the medical image from the examination apparatus, the medical image being a dynamic image,

sets evaluation items among a plurality of evaluation items,

outputs an indication of at least one of the set evaluation items with the mean and normal distribution of the at least one of the set evaluation items of healthy people,

generates a radar chart using a calculated value of each of the set evaluation items based on the dynamic image, and

outputs the radar chart,

wherein the radar chart shows:

the calculated value of the each of the set evaluation items, and

one or both of reference values of a normal case and reference values of an abnormal condition case.

16 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer of an image processing apparatus to:

obtain a medical image in which a subject is imaged, the medical image being a dynamic image;

set evaluation items among a plurality of evaluation items;

output an indication of at least one of the set evaluation items with the mean and normal distribution of the at least one of the set evaluation items of healthy people,

generate a radar chart using a calculated value of each of the set evaluation items based on the dynamic image; and

output the radar chart,

wherein the radar chart shows:

the calculated value of the each of the set evaluation items, and

one or both of reference values of a normal case and reference values of an abnormal condition case.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2023
From: TSUNOMORI, AKINORI; WATANABE, RYOICHI
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-038889 · Mar 14, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230290023A1 · Sep 14, 2023
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