MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM

摘要

There is provide a medical image processing apparatus, a medical image processing method, and a medical image processing program that can accurately specify at least either vertebral bodies or intervertebral discs included in the vertebra even if parts of the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral discs are deformed. A candidate detection unit detects intervertebral disc candidates and vertebral body candidates from a medical image, and a centerline detection unit detects a spine centerline. A distribution generation unit generates the distribution of a feature amount indicating the intervertebral disc likeness and a feature amount indicating the vertebral body likeness on the spine centerline. A specification unit specifies at least either the intervertebral discs or the vertebral bodies included in the medical image based on the distribution.

主权项

1. A medical image processing apparatus having one or more processor, the processor performs as:
candidate detection unit that detects intervertebral disc candidates and vertebral body candidates from a medical image including intervertebral discs and vertebral bodies; and specification unit that specifies at least either the intervertebral discs or the vertebral bodies included in the medical image using the intervertebral disc candidates and the vertebral body candidates.