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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2024
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takeshi Noda, Kanagawa, JP;

Katsuro Takenaka, Saitama, JP;

Satoshi Kamei, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/488 (2013.01); A61B 6/505 (2013.01); A61B 6/5217 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit configured to obtain a first radiographic image and a second radiographic image, the first radiographic image being obtained by irradiating a subject with radiation of a first energy, the second radiographic image being obtained after the first radiographic image by irradiating the subject with radiation of a second energy different from the first energy, an estimation unit configured to estimate information about an afterimage of the first radiographic image in the second radiographic image based on information about a soft tissue region of the subject in the first radiographic image and the second radiographic image, and a correction unit configured to correct the second radiographic image using the information about the afterimage.


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