IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
First Claim
1. An image processing apparatus, which processes an image of a tomogram obtained by capturing an image of an eye to be examined by a tomography apparatus, comprising:
- a layer candidate detection unit configured to detect layer candidates of a retina of the eye to be examined from the tomogram;
an artifact region determination unit configured to determine an artifact region in the tomogram based on image features obtained using the layer candidates; and
an image correction unit configured to correct intensities in the artifact region based on a determination result of said artifact region determination unit and image features in the region.
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Abstract
The present invention an image processing apparatus, which processes an image of a tomogram obtained by capturing an image of an eye to be examined by a tomography apparatus, comprises, layer candidate detection means for detecting layer candidates of a retina of the eye to be examined from the tomogram, artifact region determination means for determining an artifact region in the tomogram based on image features obtained using the layer candidates, and image correction means for correcting intensities in the artifact region based on a determination result of the artifact region determination means and image features in the region.
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26 Claims
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1. An image processing apparatus, which processes an image of a tomogram obtained by capturing an image of an eye to be examined by a tomography apparatus, comprising:
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a layer candidate detection unit configured to detect layer candidates of a retina of the eye to be examined from the tomogram; an artifact region determination unit configured to determine an artifact region in the tomogram based on image features obtained using the layer candidates; and an image correction unit configured to correct intensities in the artifact region based on a determination result of said artifact region determination unit and image features in the region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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4. An image processing apparatus, which processes an image of a tomogram obtained by capturing an image of an eye to be examined by a tomography apparatus, comprising:
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a layer candidate detection unit configured to detect layer candidates of a retina of the eye to be examined from the tomogram; an artifact region determination unit configured to determine an artifact region in the tomogram based on image features obtained using the layer candidates; and a layer decision unit configured to decide a position of a layer of the retina in the artifact region, based on a determination result of said artifact region determination unit, wherein said layer decision unit uses a geometric model which is used to specify a layer geometry included in the artifact region and is defined by a plurality of control points, and decides the position of the layer based on evaluation functions associated with a geometry of the geometric model and evaluation functions associated with intensities near the control points. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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11. A control method of an image processing apparatus, which processes an image of a tomogram obtained by capturing an image of an eye to be examined by a tomography apparatus, comprising:
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a layer candidate detection step of controlling layer candidate detection unit to detect layer candidates of a retina of the eye to be examined from the tomogram; an artifact region determination step of controlling artifact region determination unit to determine an artifact region in the tomogram based on image features obtained using the layer candidates; and an image correction step of controlling image correction means to correct intensities in the artifact region based on a determination result in the artifact region determination step and image features in the region.
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12. A control method of an image processing apparatus, which processes an image of a tomogram obtained by capturing an image of an eye to be examined by a tomography apparatus, comprising:
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a layer candidate detection step of controlling layer candidate detection unit to detect layer candidates of a retina of the eye to be examined from the tomogram; an artifact region determination step of controlling artifact region determination unit to determine an artifact region in the tomogram based on image features obtained using the layer candidates; and a layer decision step of controlling layer decision unit to decide a position of a layer of the retina in the artifact region, based on a determination result in the artifact region determination step, wherein in the layer decision step, a geometric model which is used to specify a layer geometry included in the artifact region and is defined by a plurality of control points is used, and the position of the layer is decided based on evaluation functions associated with a geometry of the geometric model and evaluation functions associated with intensities near the control points.
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13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for making a computer function as respective units of an image processing apparatus which processes an image of a tomogram obtained by capturing an image of an eye to be examined by a tomography apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
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a layer candidate detection unit configured to detect layer candidates of a retina of the eye to be examined from the tomogram; an artifact region determination unit configured to determining an artifact region in the tomogram based on image features obtained using the layer candidates; and an image correction unit configured to correct intensities in the artifact region based on a determination result of said artifact region determination unit and image features in the region.
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14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for making a computer function as respective units of an image processing apparatus which processes an image of a tomogram obtained by capturing an image of an eye to be examined by a tomography apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
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a layer candidate detection unit configured to detect layer candidates of a retina of the eye to be examined from the tomogram; an artifact region determination unit configured to determine an artifact region in the tomogram based on image features obtained using the layer candidates; and a layer decision unit configured to decide a position of a layer of the retina in the artifact region, based on a determination result of said artifact region determination unit, wherein said layer decision unit uses a geometric model which is used to specify a layer geometry included in the artifact region and is defined by a plurality of control points, and decides the position of the layer based on evaluation functions associated with a geometry of the geometric model and evaluation functions associated with intensities near the control points.
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15. A method for processing an image of a tomogram obtained by capturing an image of an eye to be examined by a tomography apparatus, comprising:
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an identifying step for identifying an artifact region in the tomogram; a first detection step for detecting, by a first method, boundaries of layers constituting a retina of the eye to be examined in a region other than the artifact region; a second detection step for detecting, by a second method different from the first method based on an intensity of the artifact region, boundaries of layers constituting the retina of the eye to be examined in the artifact region of the tomogram; and a display step for displaying lines indicating the detected boundaries of the layers by superimposing them on the tomogram. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An image processing apparatus for processing an image of a tomogram obtained by capturing an image of an eye to be examined by a tomography apparatus, comprising:
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identifying means for identifying an artifact region in the tomogram; detection means for detecting, by a first method, boundaries of layers constituting a retina of the eye to be examined in a region other than the artifact region, and for detecting, by a second method different from the first method based on an intensity of the artifact region, boundaries of layers constituting the retina of the eye to be examined in the artifact region of the tomogram; and display means for displaying lines indicating the detected boundaries of the layers by superimposing them on the tomogram.
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25. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program causing an image processing apparatus to perform a method for processing an image of a tomogram obtained by capturing an image of an eye to be examined by a tomography apparatus, said method comprising:
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an identifying step for identifying an artifact region in the tomogram; a first detection step for detecting, by a first method, boundaries of layers constituting a retina of the eye to be examined in a region other than the artifact region; a second detection step for detecting, by a second method different from the first method based on an intensity of the artifact region, boundaries of layers constituting the retina of the eye to be examined in the artifact region of the tomogram; and a display step for displaying lines indicating the detected boundaries of the layers by superimposing them on the tomogram.
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26. A method for processing an image of a tomogram obtained by capturing an image of an eye to be examined by a tomography apparatus, comprising:
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a first detection step for detecting, by a first method, boundaries of layers constituting a retina of the eye to be examined in the tomogram based on respective intensities of the layers; an identifying step for identifying a region where the boundary detected in said first detecting step is discontinuous; a second detection step for detecting, by a second method different from the first method based on an intensity of the artifact region, boundaries of layers in the identified region based on an intensity of the identified region; and a display step for displaying lines indicating the detected boundaries of the layers by superimposing them on the tomogram.
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