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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2011
Takeshi Kitamura, Port Washington, NY (US);
Makoto Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Kitamura, Port Washington, NY (US);
Makoto Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image processing apparatus, Whether image quality of a tomographic image corresponding to a predetermined position in an imaging target captured by an optical coherence tomography apparatus is within a predetermined range is determined, an instruction whether to permit the image capturing in the predetermined position is issued to the optical coherence tomography apparatus according to a determination that the image quality is out of the predetermined range, and a new tomographic image is generated by combining the tomographic image obtained according to the instruction and the tomographic image whose image quality is determined.