IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing apparatus and an image processing method, improving the efficiency of image diagnosis on an affected region relating to a blood vessel. SOLUTION: A storage unit 10 stores volume data including a blood vessel region. An extracting unit 12 extracts the blood vessel region from the volume data. A constrictive part specifying unit 16 specifies the position of a region of interest in the blood vessel region and the deflection direction of the blood vessel region included in the region of interest. A viewing position-direction determining unit 18 determines a viewing position and a viewing direction based on the specified position of the region of interest and deflection direction. An image generating unit 20 generates display image data concerning the determined viewing position and viewing direction from the volume data. A display unit 24 displays the generated display image. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT