Patent ID: 9295383
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: A61B,G01B

Claim Text:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a tomographic image acquisition device or system configured to acquire a tomographic image indicating a polarization state of an eye, the tomographic image acquisition device or system being configured to form the tomographic image based on beams of different polarizations obtained by splitting a combined beam which is obtained by combining a return beam from the eye irradiated with a measuring beam and a reference beam; and at least one processor that operates to: extract a region of a retinal pigment epithelium from the tomographic image; and cause a display to display a first index indicating a first form in the region of the retinal pigment epithelium and a second index indicating a second form in the region of the retinal pigment epithelium, wherein the first form is different from the second form, a display form of the first index is different from a display form of the second index and the first index and the second index are superimposed on an image of the eye.