Image processing apparatus and method thereof
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a tomographic image of an eye to be examined; and
a quantification unit configured to quantify a degree of breakage in a photoreceptor layer in the tomographic image.
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus acquires a tomographic image of an eye to be examined. The image processing apparatus quantifies a distortion in a region determined from the tomographic image. The region includes a photoreceptor layer or a retinal pigment epithelium.
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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an acquisition unit configured to acquire a tomographic image of an eye to be examined; and a quantification unit configured to quantify a degree of breakage in a photoreceptor layer in the tomographic image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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an acquisition unit configured to acquire a tomographic image of an eye to be examined; a detection unit configured to detect a retinal pigment epithelium in the tomographic image; a determination unit configured to determine a region including the retinal pigment epithelium in the tomographic image; and a quantification unit configured to quantify a degree of breakage of a layer included in the determined region. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. An image processing comprising steps of:
- acquiring, by an acquisition unit, a tomographic image of an eye to be examined; and
quantifying a degree of breakage in a photoreceptor layer in the tomographic image. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
- acquiring, by an acquisition unit, a tomographic image of an eye to be examined; and
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28. An image processing method comprising steps of:
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acquiring a tomographic image of an eye to be examined; detecting a retinal pigment epithelium in the tomographic image; determining a region including the retinal pigment epithelium in the tomographic image; and quantifying a degree of breakage of a layer included in the determined region. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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an acquisition unit configured to acquire a tomographic image of an eye to be examined; a detection unit configured to detect a retinal pigment epithelium layer in the tomographic image; a determination unit configured to determine a region including a photoreceptor layer in the tomographic image based on the detected retinal pigment epithelium layer; and a quantification unit configured to quantify a degree of breakage of the photoreceptor layer. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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34. An image processing method comprising:
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acquiring a tomographic image of an eye to be examined; detecting a retinal pigment epithelium layer in the tomographic image; determining a region including a photoreceptor layer in the tomographic image based on the detected retinal pigment epithelium layer; and quantifying a degree of breakage of the photoreceptor layer. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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36. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
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acquiring a tomographic image of an eye to be examined; detecting a retinal pigment epithelium layer in the tomographic image; determining a region including a photoreceptor layer in the tomographic image based on the detected retinal pigment epithelium layer; and quantifying a degree of breakage of the photoreceptor layer.
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