MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD

摘要

In order to disclose a medical image display device and a medical image display method, in which a medical image having texture brought closer to an actual endoscope image or an image obtained by directly viewing an organ is created/displayed, the medical image display device is provided with a medical image reading unit for reading a medical image obtained by a medical image diagnostic device, a projected image creating unit for projecting the medical image onto a projection plane to create the projected image, and a projected image display unit for displaying the projected image, wherein the projected image creating unit has a virtual liquid generating unit for generating a virtual liquid, the light transmittance of which is not zero, and a virtual liquid addition unit for adding the virtual liquid to the surface of an organ within the medical image, and creates a projected image of the medical image to which the virtual liquid has been added.