IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
First Claim
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- a storage unit; and
a control unit;
wherein the storage unit stores a plurality of image segmentation algorithms and image data, andwherein the control unit includes;
a first image outputting unit that controls so that an image of the image data is displayed on a display unit,a region acquiring unit that controls so that a region of interest is indicated through an input unit on the image displayed on the display unit to acquire the image data of the region of interest,an image segmenting unit that generates an extraction region extracted from the image data by using each of the image segmentation algorithms stored in the storage unit to acquire the image data of the extraction region,an image segmentation algorithm selecting unit that calculates similarity by comparing the image data of the extraction region with the image data of the region of interest to select the image segmentation algorithm that has the highest similarity, anda second image outputting unit that outputs the image data of a region extracted by using the selected image segmentation algorithm to the display unit.
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus, method and computer program that controls so that an image of image data is displayed on a display unit, controls so that a region of interest is indicated on the displayed image to acquire image data of the region of interest, generates an extraction region extracted from the image data by using each of the image segmentation algorithms to acquire the image data of the extraction region, calculates similarity by comparing the image data of the extraction region with the image data of the region of interest to select the image segmentation algorithm having highest similarity, and outputs image data extracted using the selected image segmentation algorithm to the display unit.
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13 Claims
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1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
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a storage unit; and a control unit; wherein the storage unit stores a plurality of image segmentation algorithms and image data, and wherein the control unit includes; a first image outputting unit that controls so that an image of the image data is displayed on a display unit, a region acquiring unit that controls so that a region of interest is indicated through an input unit on the image displayed on the display unit to acquire the image data of the region of interest, an image segmenting unit that generates an extraction region extracted from the image data by using each of the image segmentation algorithms stored in the storage unit to acquire the image data of the extraction region, an image segmentation algorithm selecting unit that calculates similarity by comparing the image data of the extraction region with the image data of the region of interest to select the image segmentation algorithm that has the highest similarity, and a second image outputting unit that outputs the image data of a region extracted by using the selected image segmentation algorithm to the display unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An image processing method executed by an information processing apparatus including a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the storage unit stores a plurality of image segmentation algorithms and image data, the method comprising:
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(i) a first image outputting process of controlling so that an image of the image data is displayed on a display unit; (ii) a region acquiring process of controlling so that a region of interest is indicated through an input unit on the image displayed on the display unit to acquire the image data of the region of interest; (iii) an image segmenting process of generating an extraction region extracted from the image data by using each of the image segmentation algorithms stored in the storage unit to acquire the image data of the extraction region; (iv) an image segmentation algorithm selecting process of calculating similarity by comparing the image data of the extraction region with the image data of the region of interest to select the image segmentation algorithm that has the highest similarity; and (v) a second image outputting process of outputting the image data of a region extracted by using the selected image segmentation algorithm to the display unit, wherein the processes (i) to (v) are executed by the control unit. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A computer program product having a computer readable medium including programmed instructions for a computer including a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the storage unit stores a plurality of image segmentation algorithms and image data, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform:
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(i) a first image outputting process of controlling so that an image of the image data is displayed on a display unit; (ii) a region acquiring process of controlling so that a region of interest is indicates through an input unit on the image displayed on the display unit to acquire the image data of the region of interest; (iii) an image segmenting process of generating an extraction region extracted from the image data by using each of the image segmentation algorithms stored in the storage unit to acquire the image data of the extraction region; (iv) an image segmentation algorithm selecting process of calculating similarity by comparing the image data of the extraction region with the image data of the region of interest to select the image segmentation algorithm that has the highest similarity; and (v) a second image outputting process of outputting the image data of a region extracted by using the selected image segmentation algorithm to the display unit, and wherein the processes (i) to (v) are executed by the control unit. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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