Patent ID: 7756343
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. An image processing method for removing a first component which is included in a predetermined structure in an input image, comprising the steps of: obtaining weighting parameters for statistical characteristic quantities corresponding to the predetermined structure in the input image by fitting to the predetermined structure in the input image a model representing the predetermined structure that does not include the first component, the model obtained through execution of predetermined statistical processing on a plurality of images representing the predetermined structure not having the first component, and the model representing the structure by one or more statistical characteristic quantities representing components in the structure other than the first component to be removed and by one or more weighting parameters for weighting the corresponding statistical characteristic quantities according to an individual characteristic of the predetermined structure; and generating an output image in which the first component has been removed based on the obtained weighting parameters and the statistical characteristic quantities.