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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masayuki Sakamoto, Hadano, JP;
Assignee:
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/00 (2013.01); G06T 5/007 (2013.01); G06T 5/30 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10101 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30101 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging apparatus and method is disclosed for diagnosis, which includes a closing processing performed on a cross-sectional image, which is obtained based on light interference data and is orthogonal to a blood vessel axis, based on a morphological operation in order to detect low concentration site having a size less than or equal to the a predetermined size which is smaller than that of the vascular lumen. Moreover, a cross-sectional image before the processing is subtracted from the obtained cross-sectional image and the cross-sectional image after the subtraction is displayed.