Disclosed is a method comprising inputting an MRI image of the brain of a subject, tissue-separating the MRI brain image thus input and extracting the white matters to give a white matter image, standardizing the white matter image given above via spatial standardization based on white matter templates that have been stored to give a standardized white matter image, and statistically comparing the white matter of the subject with the white matter of healthy persons based on the standardized white matter image formed above. According to this method, the atrophy degree of the white matter, which has been extracted from the input image of the brain of the subject via tissue-separation, can be exactly assessed.
METHOD, DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING