| abstract |
Medical image observation assisting system 1 including CT-image-data retrieving portion 10 , CT-image-data storing portion 11 , information extracting portion 12 , anatomical information DB 13 , point of view/line of view setting portion 14 , luminal organ image generating portion 15 , anatomical nomenclature information generating portion 16 , branch specifying portion 17 , image synthesizing and displaying portion 18 and user I/F control portion 19 . The point of view/line of view setting portion 14 sets a point of view and line of view for observing an external profile of a luminal organ, on the basis of structure information of the luminal organ extracted by the information extracting portion 12 , while a point of interest is kept substantially on a centerline of the organ. |