US 12,094,120 B2
Determine image processing candidate medical images based on a number of the selected one or more medical images
Itaru Otomaru, Kanagawa (JP); and Toshimizu Yamane, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/060,478.
Application 18/060,478 is a division of application No. 17/061,030, filed on Oct. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,557,039.
Application 17/061,030 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/015074, filed on Apr. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-077138 (JP), filed on Apr. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0095776 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/0016 (2013.01) [A61B 5/7425 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10101 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10104 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10108 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10136 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a data acquisition unit configured to acquire information of a medical image including a plurality of medical images and information of examination in association with the plurality of medical images;
a reception unit configured to receive at least any one of selection information in the medical image out from the plurality of medical images specified by a user and selection information in the examination out from a plurality of examinations specified by the user;
a selection unit configured to acquire information of a reference examination and a comparative examination based on at least any one of a capturing date and time of the medical image in association with the examination and an order of selection from the user in association with the selection information, wherein the reference examination is configured to include one or more candidate reference images and the comparative examination is configured to include one or more candidate comparative images;
a determination unit configured to determine a couple of candidate medical images including a reference image and a comparative image based on at least any one of a number of medical images selected in the selection information in the medical image and a number of examinations selected in the selection information in the examination;
a display control unit configured to display the couple of candidate medical images determined by the determination unit on a display unit; and
an image processing unit configured to execute image subtraction processing using, of the couple of candidate displayed medical images,
wherein, when the number of medical images that are selected is one, the determination unit is configured to determine the reference image in association with the selected one medical image and the comparative image by making a search out from the plurality of medical images based on the selected one medical image,
when the number of medical images that are selected is two or more and the number of examinations in association with the selected medical images is one, the determination unit is configured to determine the reference image out from the selected medical images based on any one of the selection order and the reception specified from the user and the comparative image by making a search out from the plurality of medical images based on the reference image, and
when the number of medical images that are selected is two or more and the number of examinations in association with the selected medical images is two or more, the determination unit is configured to determine the reference image and the comparative image selected out from the selected medical images based on any one of the selection order and the reception specified from the user.