Ophthalmic diagnosis support apparatus and ophthalmic diagnosis support method

A method comprising:

• acquiring a volume image of a retina;
• detecting a center of a macula lutea by analyzing the volume image;
• comparing a thickness of the retina obtained from the volume image with a threshold value to obtain a difference as a degree of abnormality;
• determining a portion where the difference obtained in the comparing step is larger than the difference of another portion on the retina, the determined portion being a different portion from the center of the macula lutea;
• and
• setting a single scan line for imaging and/or displaying a tomographic image of the retina, the single scan line passing through the determined portion and the center of the macula lutea.

An apparatus comprising:

• an acquiring unit configured to acquire a volume image of a retina;
• detection unit configured to detect a center of a macula lutea by analyzing the volume image;
• a comparing unit configured to compare a thickness of the retina obtained from the volume image with a threshold value to obtain a difference as a degree of abnormality;
• a determining unit configured to determine a portion where the difference obtained by the comparing unit is larger than the difference of another portion on the retina, the portion determined by the determining unit being a different portion from the center of the macula lutea;
• and
• an acquiring position setting unit configured to set a single scan line for imaging a tomographic image of the retina, the single scan line passing through the portion determined by the determining unit and the center of the macula lutea.

A method comprising:

• acquiring a volume image of a retina;
• detecting a center of a macula lutea by analyzing the volume image;
• comparing a thickness of the retina obtained from the volume image with a threshold value to obtain a difference as a degree of abnormality;
• determining a portion where the difference obtained in the comparing step is larger than the difference of another portion on the retina, the determined portion being a different portion from the center of the macula lutea;
• and
• setting a single scan line for imaging a tomographic image of the retina, the single scan line passing through the determined portion and the center of the macula lutea.

An apparatus comprising:

• an acquiring unit configured to acquire a volume image of a retina;
• a detection unit configured to detect a center of a macula lutea by analyzing the volume image;
• a comparing unit configured to compare a thickness of the retina obtained from the volume image with a threshold value to obtain a difference as a degree of abnormality;
• a determining unit configured to determine a portion where the difference obtained by the comparing unit is larger than the difference of another portion on the retina, the portion determined by the determining unit being a different portion from the macula lutea;
• and
• an acquiring position setting unit configured to set a single scan line for imaging and/or displaying a tomographic image of the retina, wherein a position and a direction of the single scan line is set based on the portion determined by the determining unit and the center of the macula lutea.

A method comprising:

• acquiring a volume image of a retina;
• detecting a center of a macula lutea by analyzing the volume image;
• comparing a thickness of the retina obtained from the volume image with a threshold value to obtain a difference as a degree of abnormality;
• determining a portion where the difference obtained in the comparing step is larger than the difference of another portion on the retina, the determined portion being a different portion from the macula lutea;
• and
• setting a single scan line for imaging and/or displaying a tomographic image of the retina,
• wherein a position and a direction of the single scan line is set based on the determined portion and the center of the macula lutea.