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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toshifumi Fukui, Yokohama, JP;
Yohei Hashizume, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus acquires a plurality of pieces of first image data generated using volume data that is based on acoustic waves, extracts feature points from a plurality of pieces of the first image data, sets an unnecessary region to one or a plurality of pieces of the first image data using a distribution of the extracted feature points, reduces pixel values of the unnecessary region in one or a plurality of pieces of the first image data to which the unnecessary region has been set, and generates second image data using one or a plurality of pieces of the first image data in which the pixel values of the unnecessary region have been reduced and one or a plurality of pieces of the first image data in which the unnecessary region is not included.