The abnormal shadow candidacy detection expedient which detects the abnormal shadow

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a doctor from overlooking a lesioned part to improve a diagnostic efficiency.;SOLUTION: Image data are analyzed, abnormal shadow candidates such as a mass shadow and microcalcification clusters are detected, and an enhancement processing for enhancing abnormal shadow candidate parts or an eliminating and attenuation processing for eliminating or attenuating the abnormal shadow candidate parts is executed. Then, a plurality of enhanced images of different enhancement degrees are simultaneously displayed at a display means 5. They may be displayed together with eliminated or attenuated images and original images.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI