Patent ID: 11922601
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  A  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 23:
24. A medical image processing apparatus comprising:
an obtaining unit configured to obtain a first image that is a motion contrast en-face image corresponding to a position determined in accordance with an instruction from an examiner in a direction intersecting with a depth range of an eye to be examined; and
a generating unit configured to generate a second image with at least one of lower noise and higher contrast than the first image using the first image as input data that is input into an image quality improving engine, wherein the image quality improving engine includes a machine learning engine that has been obtained by using training data including a plurality of motion contrast en-face images corresponding to a plurality of positions in a direction intersecting with a depth range of an eye to be examined and a plurality of images with at least one of lower noise and higher contrast than the plurality of motion contrast en-face images, and wherein the plurality of positions are different from each other.