A cardiac cavity region specifying part specifies the position of a
cardiac cavity region represented in volume data. An image generation
plane determining part determines an image generation plane that includes
a rotation axis intersecting the cardiac cavity region. With a direction
orthogonal to the image generation plane as a view direction, a first
image generator generates three-dimensional image data that
three-dimensionally represents a region excluding the cardiac cavity
region, based on data excluding data included in the cardiac cavity of
the volume data. A second image generator generates two-dimensional image
data that two-dimensionally represents a region in the image generation
plane, based on the data excluding the data included in the cardiac
cavity region of the volume data. An image synthesizer synthesizes the
three-dimensional image data with the two-dimensional image data. A
display controller causes a display to display the synthesized image.