Patent ID: 9655579
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06T,G16H

Claim:
1. An image-based diagnosis assistance apparatus, comprising: a central processor; a non-volatile data storage device; and a memory device in connection with said central processor, said memory device having stored therein computer-executable instruction code that causes the central processor to operate as: wherein at least one of the determination of the partial region by the partial region determination unit and the determination of the dominated region by the dominated region determination unit is performed using the function image, wherein the dominated region determination unit carries out the determination of the dominated region as a function of a distance determined between each part of the organ and the determined partial region in the morphology image, and wherein said distance between each part of the organ and the determined partial region in the morphology image is weighted based on a function level at each position of the organ on a shortest path.