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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuta Nakano, Juan-les-pins, FR;
Kenji Morita, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 3/102 (2013.01); G06T 7/0085 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10101 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20192 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30041 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a tomography image of a target to be captured, a detection unit configured to detect layer boundaries of a plurality of layers sequentially positioned in the depth direction from the acquired tomography image, and a determination unit configured to determine a structure of the target to be captured according to the number of the detected layer boundaries.