Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable medium

A radiation imaging apparatus comprising:

• a target region extracting unit configured to execute a plurality of image analyzing processes that are each performed in a different manner, each process for extraction of a target region designated within a frame of a series of frames that capture a moving image, wherein execution of the plurality of image analyzing processes on a plurality of frames from the series of frames yields a respective plurality of extracted target regions from the series of frames;
• an information transmission processing unit configured to communicate result information from at least one of the plurality of extracted target regions among the plurality of image analyzing processes;
• a feature information acquisition unit configured to acquire feature information on a basis of at least one of the plurality of extracted target regions extracted from the plurality of image analyzing processes;
• a radiation generating unit configured to generate a radiation toward a subject when the moving image is captured;
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• a radiation control unit configured to control the radiation generated from the radiation generating unit on the basis of the feature information acquired by the feature information acquisition unit.

The radiation imaging apparatus comprising:

• a target region extracting unit configured to execute a plurality of image analyzing processes that are each performed in a different manner, each process for extraction of a target region designated within a frame of a series of frames that capture a moving image, wherein execution of the plurality of image analyzing processes on a plurality of frames from the series of frames yields a respective plurality of extracted target regions from the series of frames;
• an information transmission processing unit configured to communicate result information from at least one of the plurality of extracted target regions among the plurality of image analyzing processes;
• a feature information acquisition unit configured to acquire feature information on a basis of at least one of the plurality of extracted target regions extracted from the plurality of image analyzing processes;
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• a radiation sensor configured to generate the moving image by detecting radiation emitted from a radiation generating unit.

An image processing method for controlling an image processing apparatus that includes a processor and memory which executes the method, the method comprising:

• executing, by at least one image analysis unit, a plurality of image analyzing processes that are each performed in a different manner, each process for extraction of a target region designated within a frame of a series of frames that capture a moving image, wherein execution of the plurality of image analyzing processes on a plurality of frames from the series of frames yields a respective plurality of extracted target regions from the series of frames;
• communicating result information from at least one of the plurality of extracted target regions among the plurality of image analyzing processes;
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• acquiring feature information on a basis of at least one of the plurality of extracted target regions extracted from the plurality of image analyzing processes.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions to be performed in an image processing apparatus, the medium comprising:

• computer-executable instructions for executing, by at least an image analysis unit, a plurality of image analyzing processes that are each performed in a different manner, each process for extraction of a target region designated within a frame of a series of frames that capture a moving image, wherein execution of the plurality of image analyzing processes on a plurality of frames from the series of frames yields a respective plurality of extracted target regions from the series of frames;
• computer-executable instructions for communicating result information from at least one of the plurality of extracted target regions among the plurality of image analyzing processes;
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• computer-executable instructions for acquiring feature information on a basis of at least one of the plurality of extracted target regions extracted from the plurality of image analyzing processes.