CATHETER INSERTION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, CATHETER INSERTION SUPPORTING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORED WITH PROGRAM FOR CATHETER INSERTION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND CALIBRATION METHOD
There is provided a catheter insertion supporting system including an extraction section configured to extract a contour shape of at least one of organs of a subject represented on a two-dimensional image picked up by an image pickup element of a catheter inserted in the body of the subject a detection section configured to detect, in a three-dimensional CT image of the subject, a cross section which includes a contour shape which at least partly coincides with the contour shape extracted by the extraction section and a display section configured to display a portion of the three-dimensional CT image which includes an organ having the cross section detected by the detection section together with the two-dimensional image.