PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical image processing device that can improve accuracy of characterization analysis and robust property irrespective of accuracy of imparting region of interest, and to provide a method for setting a contraction region of a medical image processing device.SOLUTION: The medical image processing device includes: a first setting part for setting a region of interest in a medical image a second setting part for setting a contraction region contracted so as to be smaller than the region of interest within a range of the region of interest and an analysis part for calculating a feature amount in the contraction region.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】関心領域の付与精度に依らず、性状解析の精度および頑強性を向上させることのできる医用画像処理装置および医用画像処理装置の縮小領域設定方法を提供する。【解決手段】医用画像処理装置は、医用画像において関心領域を設定する第1の設定部と、前記関心領域の範囲内に、当該関心領域よりも縮小した縮小領域を設定する第2の設定部と、前記縮小領域において特徴量を算出する解析部と、を備える。【選択図】 図1
