Image processing apparatus and image processing method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRyo Ishikawa, Yukio Sakagawa, Hiroyuki Shinbata
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Abstract
A plurality of sets each including part information representing a human body part and a schema image serving as the schematic view of the human body part are held. A captured image representing the interior of the body of a patient is acquired. Hierarchical structure information is acquired, which contains part information globally representing a part corresponding to a designated portion on the captured image and part information locally representing the part corresponding to the designated portion. A set including the part information contained in the hierarchical structure information is acquired. A schema image included in the acquired set is output.
Claims11
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a holding unit which holds a plurality of sets each including part information representing a human body part and a schema image serving as a schematic view of the human body part;
- a unit which acquires a single image representing a body of a patient;
- an acquisition unit which, when a user designates plural points having different positional coordinates on the single image, automatically acquires, from said holding unit, a schema image which is included in the set including part information common to the plural points designated on the single image by the user;
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- a unit which displays the schema image acquired by said acquisition unit,
- wherein said holding unit holds information in which information indicating a human body part is associated with one or more coordinates on a reference image, and
- said acquisition unit acquires, when the user designates the plural points on the single image, using the information held in the holding unit, information indicating a human body part being associated with coordinates on the reference image being identical to the designated points on the single image, and acquires a schema image of the human body part indicated by the acquired information.
An image processing method of an image processing apparatus that holds a plurality of sets each including part information representing a human body part and a schema image serving as a schematic view of the human body part, comprising the steps of:
- acquiring a single captured image representing a body of a patient;
- acquiring hierarchical structure information containing part information globally representing a part corresponding to a designated portion on the single captured image and part information locally representing the part corresponding to the designated portion;
- when a user designates plural points having different positional coordinates on the single image, automatically acquiring from the apparatus, a schema image which is included in the set including the part information common to the plural points designated on the single image by the user;
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- outputting the schema image acquired in said step of acquiring the schema image,
- wherein information is held in which information indicating a human body part is associated with one or more coordinates on a reference image, and
- when the user designates the plural points on the single image, using the held information, information is acquired indicating a human body part being associated with coordinates on the reference image being identical to the designated points on the single image, and a schema image is acquired of the human body part indicated by the acquired information.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to function as:
- a holding unit which holds a plurality of sets each including part information representing a human body part and a schema image serving as a schematic view of the human body part;
- a unit which acquires an image representing an interior portion of a body of a patient;
- an acquisition unit which, when a user designates plural points having different positional coordinates on the image, automatically acquires, from said holding unit, a schema image which is included in the set including part information common to the plural points designated on the image by the user;
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- a unit which displays the schema image acquired by said acquisition unit,
- wherein said holding unit holds information in which information indicating a human body part is associated with one or more coordinates on a reference image, and
- said acquisition unit acquires, when the user designates the plural points on the image, using the information held in the holding unit, information indicating a human body part being associated with coordinates on the reference image being identical to the designated points on the image, and acquires a schema image of the human body part indicated by the acquired information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.