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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2017
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Satoru Esashi, Nasushiobara, JP;
Jun Okada, Nasushiobara, JP;
Toshio Muroi, Nasushiobara, JP;
Nobuo Ogura, Otawara, JP;
Masanori Gunji, Otawara, JP;
Nobuhiro Ohga, Nasushiobara, JP;
Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Nasushiobara, JP;
Naoko Kuratomi, Sakura, JP;
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a first image in which each pixel is expressed with a first gradation. And the processing circuitry is configured to specify a partial region in the first image. And the processing circuitry is configured to convert, based on correspondence information that associates each level of the first gradation with a display pattern of a plurality of pixels in a display, the level in the first gradation of each pixel included in the partial region in the first image into the corresponding display pattern, the display displaying the display pattern with a second gradation having fewer levels than the first gradation. And the processing circuitry is configured to generate a second image that expresses a plurality of pixels included in the partial region of the first image as the converted display patterns.