MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD

摘要

A medical image display device provided with a storage means for storing a sliced image of a subject obtained by a medical image diagnostic apparatus, an extraction means for extracting a center line passing through the region of a hollow organ of the subject and the center thereof from the sliced image stored by the storage means, and a three-dimensional image generating means for generating a virtual three-dimensional image of the inner wall of the hollow organ seen from a viewpoint while sequentially moving the viewpoint from one end to the other end of the center line is provided with a means for changing the direction in which the virtual three-dimensional image seen from the viewpoint is generated to the direction of bending of the hollow organ according to the bending thereof.