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20080228422 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A calibration information calculation unit ( | 09-18-2008 |
20080228434 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND CALIBRATION JIG - When a calibration jig ( | 09-18-2008 |
20080255789 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An orientation measurement value acquisition unit ( | 10-16-2008 |
20080267531 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An index detection unit ( | 10-30-2008 |
20080284864 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In position and orientation measurement based on natural features, erroneous detection of the natural features is prevented when an observation target object is occluded by another object, and registration stability is improved. To this end, an occluding object that can occlude the observation target object is defined, and an occluding region where the occluding object occludes the observation target object is detected in an input captured image. Image features of the observation target object are detected in a region of the captured image other than the detected occluding region. Therefore, the position or orientation of an image pickup apparatus that captured the captured image, or the position or orientation of the observation target object in the captured image are calculated. | 11-20-2008 |
20090022369 | POSITION/ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - This invention relates to a position/orientation measurement apparatus which can measure a position and orientation while achieving both high stability and precision. An image including indices laid out on a space is captured, and the indices are detected from the captured image. When a plurality of indices are detected, their distribution range is calculated, and an algorithm to be applied in position/orientation calculations is selected according to the size of the range (S | 01-22-2009 |
20090110241 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF IMAGING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus obtains location information of each image feature in a captured image based on image coordinates of the image feature in the captured image. The image processing apparatus selects location information usable to calculate a position and an orientation of the imaging apparatus among the obtained location information. The image processing apparatus obtains the position and the orientation of the imaging apparatus based on the selected location information and an image feature corresponding to the selected location information among the image features included in the captured image. | 04-30-2009 |
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 |
20100239150 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR REGISTRATING MEDICAL IMAGES, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus to register an ultrasonic image and a three-dimensional medical image at high speed is disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes: a medical image acquisition unit which acquires a medical image captured by a medical imaging apparatus in which an imaging unit captures an image of an object at a non-contact position with respect to the object, an ultrasonic image acquisition unit which acquires an ultrasonic image captured by an ultrasonic imaging apparatus in which an ultrasonic probe captures an image of the object at a position in contact with a surface of the object, and a coordinate transformation unit which transforms coordinates of the medical image or ultrasonic image with reference to the contact position on the ultrasonic image, so that image information of the medical image matches that of the ultrasonic image. | 09-23-2010 |
20100324422 | IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND IMAGE DIAGNOSIS METHOD - This invention provides a technique to dynamically set an imaging parameter appropriate for observing a region of interest on an object to generate a high-quality echogram while maintaining the operability to change the position and orientation of a probe. A region-of-interest acquisition unit ( | 12-23-2010 |
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 |
20110142308 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus and an information processing method including a deformation shape model generation unit configured to generate, from information about a first shape and a first position of a feature region in a target object under a first deformation condition, a deformation of the first shape with the position of the feature region as a reference as a model, and a deformation estimation unit configured to, based on information about a second shape and a second position corresponding to the feature region in the target object under the second deformation condition, align the first position with the second position to estimate deformation from the first shape to the second shape using the model. | 06-16-2011 |
20110150310 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a correlating unit configured to acquire correlation information that correlates a first three-dimensional image of a target object with a second three-dimensional image of the target object, and a corresponding cross-sectional image generation unit configured to generate a corresponding cross-sectional image of one of the first three-dimensional image and the second three-dimensional image, if a cross section is set on the other of the first three-dimensional image and the second three-dimensional image, based on the correlation information. | 06-23-2011 |
20110199390 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A medical diagnosis support apparatus includes an item display unit which displays, on a display, a plurality of items for which a parameter for deriving diagnosis support information can be input, a temporary input unit which inputs a plurality of different values as temporary input values for the plurality of items displayed by the item display unit, a deriving unit which derives, by referring to medical information, a plurality of pieces of diagnosis support information each corresponding to one of combinations of the plurality of different temporary input values, and a presenting unit which presents, on the display, the plurality of pieces of diagnosis support information derived by the deriving unit, together with the display of the plurality of items, in a list format. | 08-18-2011 |
20110216958 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - First elasticity information regarding elasticity of a subject in a first image and second elasticity information regarding the elasticity of the subject in a second image are acquired, and the first image and the second image are positioned with respect to each other on the basis of at least one of the first elasticity information and the second elasticity information. | 09-08-2011 |
20110246410 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit adapted to, with respect to each of a plurality of predetermined attributes, display on a display unit, for each of a plurality of inference conditions, inference results obtained by inferring a probability that input data belongs to the attribute under the inference condition; and a receiving unit adapted to receive selection of one of a plurality of parameters for specifying an inference condition from a user, wherein the display control unit highlights, with respect to each of the plurality of inference conditions, the inference results according to values of the selected parameter of the inference condition. | 10-06-2011 |
20110262015 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises: a deformation unit adapted to deform a first 3D image to a second 3D image; a calculation unit adapted to obtain a relation according to which rigid transformation is performed such that a region of interest in the first 3D image overlaps a region in the second 3D image that corresponds to the region of interest in the first 3D image; and an obtaining unit adapted to obtain, based on the relation, a cross section image of the region of interest in the second 3D image and a cross section image of the region of interest in the first 3D image that corresponds to the orientation of the cross section image in the second 3D image. | 10-27-2011 |
20120007863 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Based on the position and orientation information of an ultrasonic probe, an image generation unit acquires, from three-dimensional volume data, an image of a slice corresponding to a tomographic image of an object obtained by the ultrasonic probe. An image composition unit composes the image of the slice with the tomographic image to generate and output a composite image. In this composition, a region of the tomographic image is specified as an unclear image sensing region, and the image in the unclear image sensing region is replaced with the image in a region of the image of the slice corresponding to the unclear image sensing region, thereby composing the tomographic image with the image of the slice. | 01-12-2012 |
20120134555 | REPORT CREATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, CREATION SUPPORT METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM - In an apparatus configured to generate a report based on diagnosis target images, image characteristic conditions to identify a plurality of diagnosis target images specified by a user as a group are derived, search conditions of images similar to the diagnosis target images by using the obtained image characteristic conditions are determined, a database is searched for one or more similar images satisfying the search conditions; and image findings satisfying predetermined conditions is extracted from image findings attached to one or more obtained similar images. | 05-31-2012 |
20120136882 | DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A diagnosis support apparatus which provides information for supporting medical diagnosis, the apparatus comprises: a medical information obtaining unit adapted to obtain known information of medical information of a diagnosis target held in a database as already input information; a selection unit adapted to select, as presentation non-input information, non-input information to be presented from non-input information as medical information other than the already input information; a similar case obtaining unit adapted to obtain, using the already input information and the presentation non-input information, a case including the presentation non-input information from a case database as a similar case similar to a case of the diagnosis target; and a presentation unit adapted to present the presentation non-input information and the similar case. | 05-31-2012 |
20120207368 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus for deforming an original image includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a deformation rule by associating a movement of a feature area caused by deformation of the original image with the deformation, and a deformation unit configured to deform the original image in accordance with the deformation rule, using, as a condition of constraint, position information about a feature area of the target image and a corresponding area of the original image. | 08-16-2012 |
20120249549 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display cross-sectional images based on planes passing through positions designated for a plurality of items of three-dimensional image data; and a change unit configured to cooperatively rotate the planes around the designated positions and to change the cross-sectional images to be displayed. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253171 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM CAUSING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE INFORMATION PROCESSING - An information processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of positions, in a three-dimensional image of a subject, obtained based on a sternum of the subject, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of positions, in the subject, obtained based on the sternum of the subject, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a correspondence relationship in position between the subject and the three-dimensional image based on the plurality of positions acquired by the first acquisition unit and the plurality of positions acquired by the second acquisition unit. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253173 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC PHOTOGRAPHING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an ultrasonic image obtaining unit configured to obtain an ultrasonic image by capturing a subject by ultrasound, a generation unit configured to generate a corresponding cross-sectional surface which corresponds to an image capturing cross-sectional surface of the ultrasonic image, which is parallel to a reference direction, and which includes a position specified in advance from a three-dimensional image of the subject, and a cross-sectional image obtaining unit configured to obtain a cross-sectional image of the three-dimensional image from the generated corresponding cross-sectional surface. | 10-04-2012 |
20120262453 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to control display of a cross-sectional image along a first cross section passing through a subject and a cross-sectional image along a second cross section passing through a specified position of the subject; an acquisition unit configured to acquire an inclination of the first cross section with respect to the subject; and a setting unit configured to set the second cross section as a cross section that is parallel to the first cross section and that passes through the specified position on the basis of the acquired inclination. | 10-18-2012 |
20120262460 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - An image processing apparatus displays the position of a region of interest in a target object with a first shape on a body mark that represents the target object. Here, the image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of a target object with a second shape that is different from the first shape, a converter configured to convert the position of the region of interest in the target object with the second shape into a corresponding position in the target object with the first shape, and a composition unit configured to display the converted position of the region of interest on the body mark. | 10-18-2012 |
20120321161 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus configured to process an ultrasound image includes a three-dimensional image acquisition unit configured to acquire a three-dimensional image obtained by capturing an object in a first deformed state, a tomographic image acquisition unit configured to acquire an ultrasound tomographic image obtained by capturing a particular cross section of the object in a second deformed state, a generation unit configured to generate a curved cross section image corresponding to the ultrasound tomographic image in the first deformed state, based on a conversion rule between the first deformed state and the second deformed state, and a display control unit configured to display the generated curved cross section image and the three-dimensional image in an aligned state on a display unit. | 12-20-2012 |
20130053681 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An ultrasonic imaging support apparatus for supporting imaging performed by an ultrasonic probe that acquires an ultrasonic image of a subject includes a specification unit configured to specify a position inside the subject in a three dimensional image, an identification unit configured to identify a position on a body surface of the subject based on the specified position, and a display control unit configured to display a position where the ultrasonic image acquired by the ultrasonic probe is captured and the identified position on a display unit. | 02-28-2013 |
20130108112 | POSITION AND ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT METHOD AND POSITION AND ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
20130182901 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a region acquisition unit configured to obtain a specific region of a subject, a tomographic image acquisition unit configured to obtain a tomographic image of the subject, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display a region indicating probability of existence of the specific region in the obtained tomographic image. | 07-18-2013 |
20130188851 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an information processing apparatus according to this invention, an ROI acquisition unit acquires a position of an ROI in an object. A position/orientation acquisition unit acquires a position and orientation of a tomographic image acquired by an ultrasonic probe. A processing-target region acquisition unit acquires a processing-target region defined based on the position of the ROI. A calculation unit calculates a cross area between the processing-target region and the tomographic image based on the position and orientation of the tomographic image. A display control unit displays the tomographic image and an outline image indicating an approximate outline of a portion to be examined, and also displays information indicating the cross region on the outline image. | 07-25-2013 |
20130195339 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus comprises a selection unit configured to select at least a first region of interest from regions of interest set in an imaging target, an image obtainment unit configured to obtain a first image representing the imaging target, and a second image from an imaging apparatus that images at least part of the imaging target, an information obtainment unit configured to obtain information of an existence range, and a display control unit configured to add, to the first image, displays representing positions of set regions of interest, and when the second image contains the existence range of the selected region of interest, display the existence range of the selected region of interest on the second image, and when the second image contains the existence range of an unselected region of interest, hide the existence range information. | 08-01-2013 |
20130272590 | 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 ( | 10-17-2013 |
20140037168 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises: shape obtaining means for obtaining information indicating a surface shape of a target object; discrimination means for discriminating a contact portion and a noncontact portion between the target object and an imaging surface of an ultrasonic probe which captures an ultrasonic image of the target object; position and orientation obtaining means for obtaining information indicating a position and orientation of the ultrasonic probe at the time of imaging; and alignment means for estimating deformation of the target object based on information indicating the surface shape, a discrimination result obtained by the discrimination means, and information indicating the position and orientation, and aligning the surface shape with the ultrasonic image. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037176 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a correlating unit configured to acquire correlation information that correlates a first three-dimensional image of a target object with a second three-dimensional image of the target object, and a corresponding cross-sectional image generation unit configured to generate a corresponding cross-sectional image of one of the first three-dimensional image and the second three-dimensional image, if a cross section is set on the other of the first three-dimensional image and the second three-dimensional image, based on the correlation information. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037177 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is configured to project a given region (e.g., region of interest or lesion of interest) in a three-dimensional image (e.g., MRI image or X-ray CT image) onto a plane including a two-dimensional image (e.g., ultrasonic image) of an object, and cause a display unit to display an error range caused by projection (range where a corresponding region of the region of interest in the two-dimensional image may exist, also referred to as a search range) including the projected region in such a manner that the error range is overlaid on top of the two-dimensional image. | 02-06-2014 |
20140348432 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus which calculates a feature value of an image. The apparatus comprises first obtaining means for obtaining an image; calculation means for calculating a set of numerical values formed from degrees of contributions of each of a plurality of order, wherein the degree of contributions of each order indicate contributions of monomials of the order for intensity values which are calculated using an approximation polynomial, and wherein the approximation polynomial provides a relationship between a pixel position of the image and an intensity value at the pixel position and is formed from a plurality of the monomials each having an order out of the plurality of orders; and first output means for outputting the set of the calculated numerical values as the feature value of the image. | 11-27-2014 |
20150043800 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A contact region between an object and a holding member is acquired based on the image obtained by imaging the object in a held state in which the object is held by the holding member. The three-dimensional shape of the object in a held state is estimated based on the contact region. | 02-12-2015 |
20150070385 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A tomogram of an object is acquired. A place in a tomogram which corresponds to a portion spaced apart from a reference point in the object by a predetermined distance is specified. A composite image is generated by combining the tomogram with information indicating the specified place. The composite image is output. | 03-12-2015 |
20150070469 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A plurality of cross section images which can be included in the range of a specific error occurring when specifying a correspondence cross section in a three-dimensional medical image of an object corresponding to a cross section of interest of the object are acquired from the three-dimensional medical image. The acquired cross section images are displayed on a display screen. | 03-12-2015 |