Patent Document ID: 8699774
Application ID: 13050287
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of tomographic images in relation to the fundus of an examined eye of a patient; a detection unit configured to detect a boundary of retinal pigment epithelium and an inner limiting membrane from each of the plurality of tomographic images and to detect a part where the boundary of the retinal pigment epithelium is discontinuous; a determination unit configured to determine a surface of a sclera model for each of the plurality of tomographic images by use of the detected boundary of the retinal pigment epithelium and the detected inner limiting membrane; a generation unit configured to generate a sclera model including an optic papilla periphery by use of the determined surface of the sclera model and the detected part where the boundary of the retinal pigment epithelium is discontinuous; a combining unit configured to combine each of the plurality of tomographic images and the sclera model to generate a combined image; and a display unit configured to display the combined image generated by the combining unit.