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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2018
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Shimadzu Corporation, Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image processing apparatus capable of assuredly finding a lung field that appears in an image even if a subject image appears in a radiation image in a rotated manner and assuredly performing a contrast adjustment with excellent visibility for the lung field. The image processing apparatus is provided with a sideways determination meansconfigured to determine that the subject image is turned sideways in the original image Pwhen a minimum point P of a profile generated by summing or averaging pixel values belonging to each pixel column of the original image Pfor each pixel column is away from the center position of the subject image. The original image Pdetermined as being turned sideways by the sideways determination portionis rotated by the image rotation portionand used for searching of the lung field.