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Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and program

US8699774B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 17, 2011
Grant dateApr 15, 2014
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30041
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes: a storage unit configured to store tomographic images in relation to the fundus of an examined eye; a detection unit configured to detect a boundary of retinal pigment epithelium and an inner limiting membrane from each of the images and to detect a part where the boundary is discontinuous; a determination unit configured to determine a surface of a sclera model for each of the images by use of the detected boundary and the inner limiting membrane; a generation unit configured to generate a sclera model including an optic papilla periphery by use of the surface of the sclera model and the part where the boundary is discontinuous; a combining unit configured to combine each of the images and the sclera model to generate a combined image; and a display unit configured to display the combined image generated by the combining unit.

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