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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Murray Cutforth, Edinburgh, GB;
Ewan Hemingway, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/50 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); G06T 5/70 (2024.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 12/30 (2026.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/50 (2013.01); A61B 5/015 (2013.01); G06T 5/70 (2024.01); G06T 7/0016 (2013.01); G06T 12/30 (2026.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20224 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30056 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01);
Abstract
Certain embodiments provide a medical image processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to: receive a thermography image, or a pair of medical images from which a thermography image is obtainable; estimate a temperature field corresponding to the thermography image or pair of medical images; and generate a corrected thermography image based on the thermography image or pair of medical images and on the estimated temperature field.