MRI mammography with facilitated comparison to other mammography images

摘要

An image processing method generates two-dimensional images, each of which are respectively in accordance with left and right breasts of a subject using three-dimensional image data of the left and right breasts. A comparison two-dimensional combined image is generated, wherein the left and right breast images are disposed symmetrically. The comparison two-dimensional combined image is displayed on a display unit.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a generation unit configured to
acquire a single three-dimensional magnetic resonance (MR) image of patient anatomy including both left and right breasts of the patient;project said three-dimensional MR image data to generate at least two two-dimensional images which respectively represent the left and right breasts of said patient; andgenerate a comparison two-dimensional composite MR image of the left and right breasts for comparison to a composite X-ray mammography image having symmetrically disposed left and right breast images therewithin, wherein the two-dimensional left and right breast MR images are disposed symmetrically in the comparison two-dimensional composite MR image like those in the X-ray mammography image; and a display control unit configured to display the comparison two-dimensional image on a display unit.