Image diagnostic device and image correction method

Abstract

Provided is an image diagnostic device with which it is possible to correct location misalignment of an image capture subject, and to improve the reliability of the result of the correction, in time series image data. An image diagnostic device is configured of: an input part (13) which receives image data input; a correction unit (14) which computes a correction vector which denotes location misalignment of an image capture subject, and selects image data used with an image correction unit; an image correction part (20) which carries out a correction process on the image data based on the correction vector and creates corrected image data; a control part (21) which controls the correction unit and the image correction part; a memory (22) which stores the corrected image data and measurement data as stored data; an output unit (23) which outputs the stored data externally; a display unit (24) which displays the stored data; and an external input device (30) where an operator makes an input operation.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to image processing for correcting the positional deviation of an imaging object with respect to time-series image data, and in particular to an image correction technique for evaluating the reliability of correction results and implementing correction processing. Background technique [0002] Time-series image processing techniques for extracting temporal changes of an imaging target by performing image processing such as addition or subtraction on a plurality of image data acquired at different times are widely used in various fields. In particular, in the field of medical image diagnosis, along with the high performance of devices, technical development of functional evaluation technology for evaluating the properties of tissues is also in progress, in addition to the technology for imaging the shape of tissues that has been the mainstream in the past. Having attention. Ultrasonic diagnostic images take less time to ca...

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[0004] The correction technique of Patent Document 1 reduces the resolution of image data to be corrected, and obtains characteristic information through a Laplacian filter.

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