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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasushi Tanabe, Fujisawa, JP;
Mariko Hirokawa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); G06T 2207/30041 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30104 (2013.01); G06V 2201/03 (2022.01);
Abstract
A feature value related to a positional relationship between a vortex vein position and a characteristic point on a fundus image is computed. The image processing method provided includes a step of analyzing a choroidal vascular image and estimating a vortex vein position, and a step of computing a feature value indicating a positional relationship between the vortex vein position and a position of a particular site on a fundus.