Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and computer-readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12196830-B2
Application number	US-202217870866-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2022
Priority date	Jul 30, 2021
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

An image processing method includes: extracting a candidate modality image to be visualized from a data group of a single or a plurality of modality images; first associating separate modality data referring to an extracted modality image, with the extracted modality image; uniquely determining an image to be visualized, based on the modality image extracted at the extracting and an association result of the first associating; second associating different modality data being not associated at the first associating, with the modality image extracted at the extracting; and displaying the different modality data on the modality image extracted at the extracting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image processing method comprising:
extracting a candidate modality image to be visualized from a data group of a single or a plurality of modality images;
first associating separate modality data referring to an extracted modality image, with the extracted modality image;
uniquely determining an image to be visualized, based on the modality image extracted at the extracting and an association result of the first associating;
second associating different modality data being not associated at the first associating, with the modality image extracted at the extracting; and
displaying the different modality data on the modality image extracted at the extracting.

2. The image processing method according to claim 1 , wherein
the first associating includes associating an analysis time for which analysis with modality data referring to an extracted modality image is performed in advance, with the extracted modality image, and
at the determining, the image is determined based on the analysis time.

3. The image processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising acquiring hardware information on a calculation device before the first associating, wherein
the first associating further includes calculating an analysis time from a processing procedure with which analysis with modality data referring to an extracted modality image is performed in advance and from the hardware information acquired at the acquiring, and associating the analysis time, and
at the determining, the image is determined based on the analysis time.

4. The image processing method according to claim 1 , wherein
the first associating includes associating a reference time point number of modality data referring to the extracted modality image, and
at the determining, the image is determined based on the reference time point number.

5. The image processing method according to claim 1 , wherein at the extracting, a modality image in which a surface shape of a cerebral cortex is extracted, is preferentially extracted.

6. The image processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising classifying the modality data by a modality recording method, before the second associating, wherein
at the second associating, the different modality data being not associated at the first associating is associated with the modality image extracted at the extracting, by a different method for each of classifications at the classifying.

7. An image processing apparatus comprising:
an image extraction unit configured to extract a candidate modality image to be visualized from a data group of a single or a plurality of modality images;
a first association unit configured to associate separate modality data referring to an extracted modality image, with the extracted modality image;
an image determination unit configured to uniquely determine an image to be visualized, based on the modality image extracted by the image extraction unit and an association result by the first association unit;
a second association unit configured to associate different modality data being not associated by the first association unit, with the modality image extracted by the image extraction unit; and
an image display unit configured to display the different modality data on the modality image extracted by the image extraction unit.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including programmed instructions that cause a computer to execute:
extracting a candidate modality image to be visualized from a data group of a single or a plurality of modality images;
first associating separate modality data referring to an extracted modality image, with the extracted modality image;
uniquely determining an image to be visualized, based on the modality image extracted at the extracting and an association result of the first associating;
second associating different modality data being not associated at the first associating, with the modality image extracted at the extracting; and
displaying the different modality data on the modality image extracted at the extracting.

Assignees

• Nakata Otoichi
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakata Otoichi

Classifications

• G06T7/0012

  Biomedical image inspection · CPC title

• G06V2201/031

  of internal organs · CPC title

• G06V10/87

  using selection of the recognition techniques, e.g. of a classifier in a multiple classifier system · CPC title

• G06T2207/30016

  Brain · CPC title

• G06V10/255 Primary

  Detecting or recognising potential candidate objects based on visual cues, e.g. shapes · CPC title