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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Hideki Tanaka, Tama, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Ryoko Inoue, Hachioji, JP;
Miho Sawa, Hino, JP;
Inventors:
Hideki Tanaka, Tama, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Ryoko Inoue, Hachioji, JP;
Miho Sawa, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: a surface model generation section for performing processing for generating a three-dimensional surface model from a two-dimensional medical image; and an area reliability calculation section for dividing the surface model into multiple areas and calculating the reliability of data in each of the multiple areas.