Diagnosis support system, information processing method, and program
A diagnosis support system that causes at least one memory and at least one processor to acquire first tomographic image data and second tomographic image data containing a plurality of cross-sectional images, acquire subtracted image data generated by performing subtraction between the first tomographic image data and the second tomographic image data, acquire projection image data generated by performing projection processing in a projection direction parallel with a cross-sectional surface of the plurality of cross-sectional images on the subtracted image data, wherein the projection image data can be displayed in rotation with a stacking direction of the plurality of cross-sectional images as a rotation axis, and the projection direction is substantially perpendicular to the stacking direction, and display a projection image based on the projection image data.
1 . A diagnosis support system comprising:
at least one memory storing a program; and
at least one processor which, by executing the program, causes the diagnosis support system to:
acquire first tomographic image data and second tomographic image data stacking a plurality of cross-sectional images,
perform subtract processing between the first tomographic image data and the second tomographic image data to generate subtraction image data,
perform projection processing on the subtraction image data in a projection direction to generate projection image data of the subtraction image data, wherein the projection direction is substantially perpendicular to a stacking direction of the plurality of cross-sectional images, and
display a projection image based on the projection image data,
wherein in a case where a coordinate on the projection image is designated, the at least one processor causes the diagnosis support system to display the projection image and a first cross-sectional image of the first tomographic image data corresponding to the coordinate and a second cross-sectional image of the second tomographic image data corresponding to the coordinate.
2 . The diagnosis support system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor causes the diagnosis support system to:
control to display the projection image and a first cross-sectional image and the second cross-sectional image on the same display.
3 . The diagnosis support system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor causes the diagnosis support system to:
updates the first cross-sectional image of the first tomographic image and the second cross-sectional image of the second tomographic image when the coordinate on the projection image is changed.
4 . The diagnosis support system according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor causes the diagnosis support system to:
switch the first cross-sectional image of the first tomographic image and the second cross-sectional image of the second tomographic image simultaneously in a case where a drag operation is performed in a predetermined direction on the projection image.
5 . The diagnosis support system according to claim 1 , wherein the projection direction is set by a user.
6 . The diagnosis support system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor causes the diagnosis support system to:
prohibit updating the projection image when a pointer is placed on the projection image.
7 . The diagnosis support system according to claim 1 , wherein a plane direction of the first cross-sectional image and the second cross-sectional image is different from a plane direction of a projection plane of the projection image based on the projection image data by performing projection processing on the subtracted image data.
8 . The diagnosis support system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor causes the diagnosis support system to:
change the projection direction at a predetermined time interval and generate the projection image, and
wherein the at least one processor causes the diagnosis support system to control to display the projection image corresponding to the changed direction.
9 . The diagnosis support system according to claim 1 , wherein the projection image data can be displayed in rotation with the stacking direction as a rotation axis.
10 . The diagnosis support system according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor causes the diagnosis support system to:
control to display the projection image based on the projection image data while rotating the projection image around a predetermined rotation axis.
11 . The diagnosis support system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor causes the diagnosis support system to:
perform image registration processing for deforming one or both of the first tomographic image data and the second tomographic image data.
12 . An information processing method, comprising:
acquiring first tomographic image data and second tomographic image data stacking a plurality of cross-sectional images;
performing subtract processing between the first tomographic image data and the second tomographic image data to generate subtraction image data;
performing projection processing on the subtracted image data in a projection direction to generate projection image data of the subtracted image data, wherein the projection direction is substantially perpendicular to the-a stacking direction of the plurality of cross-sectional images; and
displaying a projection image based on the projection image data,
wherein in a case where a coordinate on the projection image is designated, displaying the projection image and a first cross-sectional image of the first tomographic image data corresponding to the coordinate and a second cross-sectional image of the second tomographic image data corresponding to the coordinate.
13 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program causing a computer to execute an information processing method, the method comprising:
acquiring first tomographic image data and second tomographic image data stacking a plurality of cross-sectional images;
perform subtract processing between the first tomographic image data and the second tomographic image data to generate subtraction image data;
performing projection processing on the subtracted image data in a projection direction to generate projection image data of the subtracted image data, wherein the projection direction is substantially perpendicular to the a stacking direction of the plurality of cross-sectional images; and
displaying a projection image based on the projection image data,
wherein in a case where a coordinate on the projection image is designated, displaying the projection image and a first cross-sectional image of the first tomographic image data corresponding to the coordinate and a second cross-sectional image of the second tomographic image data corresponding to the coordinate.