Patent ID: 9204790
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus for performing image processing on a fundus image of a subject's eye, the image processing apparatus comprising: a selection unit configured to select first color tone conversion processing having a first fixed correction value or second color tone conversion processing having a second fixed correction value, wherein a ratio of a red component to a blue component of the second fixed correction value is lower than a ratio of a red component to a blue component of the first fixed correction value, and a ratio of a red component to a green component of the second fixed correction value is lower than a ratio of a red component to a green component of the first fixed correction value; and a color tone conversion unit configured to convert a color tone of the fundus image by the first color tone conversion processing with the first fixed correction value or the second color tone conversion processing with the second fixed correction value selected by the selection unit, wherein the first color tone conversion processing is for a first eye belonging to a first group and the second color tone conversion processing is for a second eye belonging to a second group, and wherein a melanin pigment amount of the second group is smaller than a melanin pigment amount of the first eye.