ABNORMAL SHADOW CANDIDATE DISPLAY METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM

摘要

In medical image processing system 100, when a medical image is generated, detection processing of abnormal shadow candidate is applied to the medical image in image processing apparatus 2. Next, based on image characteristic amount of the detected abnormal shadow candidate, clearly truly positive or falsely positive abnormal shadow candidate, a candidate wherein it is difficult to determine whether it is truly positive or falsely positive and a candidate in a position difficult to detect are determined by multivariable analysis, and then deletion from the detected abnormal shadow candidates is conducted. Only the detection information of the abnormal shadow candidate after the deletion is displayed on viewer 5.