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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiko Iwase, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Yamazoe, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Ritsuya Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image that is a medical image of a predetermined site of a subject; an image quality improving unit configured to generate, from the first image, a second image in which image quality is improved compared to the first image, using an image quality improving engine including a machine learning engine; and a display controlling unit configured to cause a composite image obtained by combining the first image and the second image according to a ratio obtained using information relating to at least a partial region in at least one of the first image and the second image to be displayed on a display unit.