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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Yoshihiko Iwase, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Uchiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Kiyohide Satoh, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0073 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06K 2209/05 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10072 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30041 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a tomographic image of an object, a layer detection unit configured to detect a layer that constitutes the object from the tomographic image acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a normal structure estimation unit configured to estimate a normal structure of the layer based on the layer detected by the layer detection unit and a feature that is modified by a lesion of the layer.