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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
May. 16, 2007
Applicant:
Hideyuki Sakaida, Minato-ku, JP;
Inventor:
Hideyuki Sakaida, Minato-ku, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/64 (2006.01); G06K 9/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for efficiently recognizing a part of a body shown in each of plural axial images for one series of axial images obtained by imaging an object to be inspected with a modality. The apparatus includes: apart determining unit for tentatively determining a part of a body shown in each of plural axial images; and a part correcting unit for correcting the part tentatively determined for at least one axial image by the part determining unit, based on information on the plural axial images.