Patent ID: 8948473
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a holding unit which holds a plurality of sets each including part information representing a human body part and a schema image serving as a schematic view of the human body part; a unit which acquires a single image representing a body of a patient; an acquisition unit which, when a user designates plural points having different positional coordinates on the single image, automatically acquires, from said holding unit, a schema image which is included in the set including part information common to the plural points designated on the single image by the user; and a unit which displays the schema image acquired by said acquisition unit, wherein said holding unit holds information in which information indicating a human body part is associated with one or more coordinates on a reference image, and said acquisition unit acquires, when the user designates the plural points on the single image, using the information held in the holding unit, information indicating a human body part being associated with coordinates on the reference image being identical to the designated points on the single image, and acquires a schema image of the human body part indicated by the acquired information.