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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus that aligns a first image which is an object image including left and right breasts with a second image which is an object image including only one of the left and right breasts, the image processing apparatus comprises an image acquiring unit that acquires the first and second images; an identification information acquiring unit that acquires identification information, which is information to specify whether the left or right breast included in the first image is an alignment target; a region setting unit that sets a region of interest in the first image based on the identification information; and an aligning unit that aligns the region of interest in the first image with the second image.