Ophthalmic diagnosis support apparatus and ophthalmic diagnosis support method
First Claim
1. 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 center of 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, the single scan line passing through the portion determined by the determining unit and the center of the macula lutea.
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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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30 Claims
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1. 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 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 and/or displaying 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 25, 26)
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5. A method comprising:
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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.
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 27, 28)
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11. A method comprising:
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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.
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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 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. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 29, 30)
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24. A method comprising:
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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.
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