Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100034438 | OUTPUT DEVICE, AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An output device that outputs a schematic view showing a position of a diseased part of a human body, comprises: a read-out unit adapted to read out a plurality of schematic views output from a storage unit adapted to store the schematic views, and a control unit adapted to output the plurality of schematic views read out by the read-out unit to an output unit, wherein the read-out unit selects a schematic view to be read out based on an output format that has been set by a user. | 02-11-2010 |
20100202677 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR A TOMOGRAM OF AN EYE REGION - There is provided a technique for adaptively acquiring, from a tomogram of an eye region, diagnosis information data of the eye region which is used for the diagnosis of a plurality of kinds of diseases, without increasing load on a user. A layer acquisition unit ( | 08-12-2010 |
20100220914 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - 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. | 09-02-2010 |
20100280842 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A medical image processing apparatus includes a unit configured to analyze a target medical image a unit configured to register information representing an aptitude of each doctor with respect to interpretation of a specific lesion and a modality used by each doctor, and a unit configured to, when the analysis result includes information associated with a lesion, decide an assigned doctor based on information representing the aptitude of each doctor with respect to interpretation of the specific lesion, and, when the analysis result includes no information associated with a lesion, decide an assigned doctor based on the modality. | 11-04-2010 |
20110019882 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A report concerning the contents obtained by interpretation based on a medical image can be efficiently created without any constraints of expression. An information processing apparatus according to this invention includes an image analysis unit which acquires information concerning a region name or disease name based on an analysis result on the input medical image, an input unit which inputs the result obtained by interpreting the medical image as character information, a conversion candidate prediction unit which outputs conversion candidates concerning the input character information, and a display control unit which displays the input character information upon converting the character information into character information selected from the conversion candidates. The apparatus further includes a priority level setting unit which sets priority levels in advance for character information output as the conversion candidates. | 01-27-2011 |
20110134392 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - This invention can generate a high-resolution, low-noise tomogram while minimizing the influences of the flicks of the eyeballs, the movement of the head, and the like. The invention is an image processing apparatus which processes a tomogram of an eye to be examined and includes detection units to detect the motion amount of the eye by using a signal obtained by capturing the tomogram, and a decision unit to decide the number of scanning lines for capturing of the tomogram based on the motion amount detected by the detection units. | 06-09-2011 |
20110134393 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An image generation unit generates a composite image based on a plurality of two-dimensional tomographic images captured while setting an imaging position in a target eye. A tomographic imaging apparatus captures a volume image based on the set imaging position. | 06-09-2011 |
20110137157 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - This invention concerns the acquisition of diagnosis information data effective for diagnosing eye disease independently of the eye state. An image processing apparatus for processing a tomogram of an eye includes a unit configured to determine an eye feature based on the tomogram and thus determine the eye state, a unit configured to detect, from the tomogram, a detection target to be used to calculate diagnosis information data quantitatively representing the determined eye state, and a unit configured to calculate the diagnosis information data using position information of the detection target. In accordance with the eye state, the detection unit changes the detection target or an algorithm to be used to detect the detection target. | 06-09-2011 |
20110200242 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An ophthalmologic image display apparatus for displaying information about an eye includes an input unit configured to input a tomographic image of the eye, an acquisition unit configured to acquire diagnostic supporting information associated with positional information about the tomographic image of the eye, a processing unit configured to perform processing for assigning a voxel value to volume data constituting the tomographic image based on a reflection intensity value indicating the tomographic image and the diagnostic supporting information, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display an image processed by the processing unit. | 08-18-2011 |
20110211057 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing unit obtains information indicating continuity of tomograms of a subject's eye, and a determining unit determines the image capturing state of the subject's eye on the basis of the information obtained by the image processing unit. | 09-01-2011 |
20120057127 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus has an acquisition unit which acquires a second tomogram related to a first tomogram of an eye to be examined based on position information of an eye fundus of the eye to be examined according to a predetermined rule; and a display control unit which displays the first tomogram and the second tomogram on a display unit. | 03-08-2012 |
20120070049 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus, which analyzes retina layers of an eye to be examined, comprising, means for extracting a feature amount, which represents an anatomical feature in the eye to be examined, from a projection image obtained from a tomogram of the retina layers and a fundus image of the eye to be examined, means for determining a type of the anatomical feature based on the feature amount, means for deciding layers to be detected from the retina layers according to the determined type of the anatomical feature, and detecting structures of the decided layers in the tomogram, and means for modifying the structure of the layer included in a region having the anatomical feature of the structures of the layers detected by the layer structure detection means. | 03-22-2012 |
20120070059 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus comprising, boundary extraction means for detecting boundaries of retina layers from a tomogram of an eye to be examined, exudate extraction means for extracting an exudate region from a fundus image of the eye to be examined, registration means for performing registration between the tomogram and the fundus image, and calculating a spatial correspondence between the tomogram and the fundus image, specifying means for specifying a region where an exudate exists in the tomogram using the boundaries of the retina layers, the exudate region, and the spatial correspondence, likelihood calculation means for calculating likelihoods of existence of the exudate in association with the specified region, and tomogram exudate extraction means for extracting an exudate region in the tomogram from the specified region using the likelihoods. | 03-22-2012 |
20120133950 | TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD AND TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is a tomographic imaging method, which acquires tomographic images of an object to be inspected, based on combined beams respectively acquired by combining reference beams and return beams acquired by irradiating the object to be inspected with a plurality of measuring beams. The tomographic imaging method includes a first step of acquiring the respective combined beams by reflecting information regarding the plurality of measuring beams which is stored in advance and irradiating the object to be inspected with the plurality of measuring beams, and a second step of generating the tomographic images based on the respective combined beams. | 05-31-2012 |
20120288175 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In a tomographic image photographing apparatus, a deformation of a volume image is corrected accurately even if an object to be inspected moves when the volume image is acquired. An image processing apparatus acquires a tomographic image of the object to be inspected from combined light beams of return light beams, which is obtained by irradiating the object to be inspected with a plurality of measuring light beams, and corresponding reference light beams. In the image processing apparatus, a photographing unit obtains a tomographic image of a fundus with the plurality of measuring light beams, and a detection unit detects a retina layer from the tomographic image. Based on the detected retina layer, a fundus shape is estimated. Based on the estimated fundus shape, a positional deviation between tomographic images is corrected. | 11-15-2012 |
20130136326 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A medical image processing apparatus includes a unit configured to analyze a target medical image, a unit configured to register information representing an aptitude of each doctor with respect to interpretation of a specific lesion and a modality used by each doctor, and a unit configured to, when the analysis result includes information associated with a lesion, decide an assigned doctor based on information representing the aptitude of each doctor with respect to interpretation of the specific lesion, and, when the analysis result includes no information associated with a lesion, decide an assigned doctor based on the modality. | 05-30-2013 |
20130216115 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate information indicating similarity among a plurality of tomographic images, and a generation unit configured to generate a tomographic image from the plurality of tomographic images based on the calculated information indicating similarity. | 08-22-2013 |
20140016096 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus has an acquisition unit which acquires a second tomogram related to a first tomogram of an eye to be examined based on position information of an eye fundus of the eye to be examined according to a predetermined rule; and a display control unit which displays the first tomogram and the second tomogram on a display unit. | 01-16-2014 |
20140037164 | OUTPUT DEVICE, AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An output device that outputs a schematic view showing a position of a diseased part of a human body, comprises: a read-out unit adapted to read out a plurality of schematic views output from a storage unit adapted to store the schematic views, and a control unit adapted to output the plurality of schematic views read out by the read-out unit to an output unit, wherein the read-out unit selects a schematic view to be read out based on an output format that has been set by a user. | 02-06-2014 |
20140233823 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An ophthalmologic image display apparatus for displaying information about an eye includes an input unit configured to input a tomographic image of the eye, an acquisition unit configured to acquire diagnostic supporting information associated with positional information about the tomographic image of the eye, a processing unit configured to perform processing for assigning a voxel value to volume data constituting the tomographic image based on a reflection intensity value indicating the tomographic image and the diagnostic supporting information, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display an image processed by the processing unit. | 08-21-2014 |
20150110378 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate information indicating similarity among a plurality of tomographic images, and a generation unit configured to generate a tomographic image from the plurality of tomographic images based on the calculated information indicating similarity. | 04-23-2015 |
20150230701 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a planar image acquisition unit configured to acquire a planar image showing a polarization state of a subject, a tomographic image acquisition unit configured to acquire a three-dimensional tomographic image including a plurality of two-dimensional tomographic image of the subject, a display control unit configured to display, on the display unit, an index indicating a position of a tomographic image to be displayed on the display unit among a plurality of two-dimensional tomographic images, by superimposing it on a planar image showing the polarization state, and an instruction unit configured to give an instruction to change a position of the index on a planar image showing the polarization state. | 08-20-2015 |
20150366452 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an information acquiring unit configured to acquire information indicating a shape of a plurality of regions in at least one layer in a tomographic image including a plurality of layers in an eye fundus of an eye to be examined and a determination unit configured to determine whether an anomaly is present in the plurality of regions based on the information indicating the shape. | 12-24-2015 |
20160000321 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate information indicating similarity among a plurality of tomographic images, and a generation unit configured to generate a tomographic image from the plurality of tomographic images based on the calculated information indicating similarity. | 01-07-2016 |