Image processing apparatus and method
US10061979B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 22, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/033
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
There provides an apparatus for recognizing a head region in a CT lateral image of a subject, comprising: a deriving unit for deriving a first image representing a bone of the subject from the CT lateral image; an extracting unit for extracting a boundary curve indicating an outer contour of a region comprising at least part of the occipital bone and at least part of the cervical vertebra of the subject in the first image; and a determining unit for determining a first pixel position indicating a bottommost point of the head region of the subject, based on a shape feature parameter of the boundary curve.
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