Sughrue Mion, PLLC
Method and apparatus that divides, clusters, classifies, and analyzes images of lesions using histograms and correlation coefficients
There is provided a similar image providing device including: a lesion region extracting unit that extracts a lesion region from a subject diagnostic image; a local image feature extracting unit that extracts local image features; a quantizing unit that quantizes the local image features; a lesion classifying unit that classifies a lesion; a storing unit storing correlation coefficients between local image features and topic variables expressing degrees of progression or degrees of seriousness of lesions; an expected value estimating unit that acquires expected values of probabilities of occurrence of topic variables; an image storing unit that stores diagnostic images and the expected values; and a providing unit that provides diagnostic images corresponding to expected values of topic probabilities of occurrence that best approximate the expected values of the topic probabilities of occurrence.
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
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Noriji Motofumi Takashi
Kato Fukui Isozaki