OPHTHALMIC DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS AND OPHTHALMIC DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHOD
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Abstract
Provided is an ophthalmic diagnosis support apparatus which enables an operator to easily acquire a tomographic image suitable for detailed observation of a candidate lesion without spending time and effort to search for the candidate lesion. The ophthalmic diagnosis support apparatus includes an acquiring unit for acquiring a wide-range image of a fundus, a candidate lesion detection unit for detecting the candidate lesion on the fundus by analyzing the wide-range image, a calculating unit for determining a degree of abnormality of the candidate lesion based on a result of the detection of the candidate lesion, and an acquiring position setting unit for setting an acquiring position of the tomographic image of the fundus based on the degree of abnormality of the candidate lesion.
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27 Claims
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1-16. -16. (canceled)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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an acquiring unit configured to acquire a volume image of a retina; a detection unit configured to detect a plurality of candidate lesions on the retina by analyzing the volume image; a determining unit configured to determine a distribution of the plurality of candidate lesions based on a result of the detection of the plurality of candidate lesions; and a setting unit configured to set a single line for imaging and/or displaying a tomographic image of the retina based on the distribution of the plurality of candidate lesions, the single line passing through the plurality of candidate lesions. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27)
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25. A method comprising:
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acquiring a volume image; detecting a plurality of candidate lesions on the retina by analyzing the volume image; determining a distribution of the plurality of candidate lesions based on a result of the detecting of the plurality of candidate lesions; and setting a single line for imaging and/or displaying a tomographic image of the retina based on the distribution of the plurality of candidate lesions, the single line passing through the plurality of candidate lesions.
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