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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Miyasa, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Imamura, Kyoto, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an ophthalmic diagnosis support apparatus which enables an operator to easily acquire a tomographic image suitable for detailed observation of a candidate lesion without spending time and effort to search for the candidate lesion. The ophthalmic diagnosis support apparatus includes an acquiring unit for acquiring a wide-range image of a fundus, a candidate lesion detection unit for detecting the candidate lesion on the fundus by analyzing the wide-range image, a calculating unit for determining a degree of abnormality of the candidate lesion based on a result of the detection of the candidate lesion, and an acquiring position setting unit for setting an acquiring position of the tomographic image of the fundus based on the degree of abnormality of the candidate lesion.