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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shintaro Muraoka, Hachioji, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0016 (2013.01); A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); A61B 6/5258 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30008 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a structure reducing unit which reduces spatial signal change by a predetermined structure in an X-ray image group in which a plurality of images obtained by capturing a same site of a same subject a plurality of times using an X-ray are aligned in a time series. The structure reducing unit reduces the spatial signal change by the predetermined structure in each image of the X-ray image group using information of an image different from the image of the X-ray image group being processed.