Image processing apparatus and method with control of image transfer priority

摘要

An image processing apparatus which uses a tomogram group formed from a plurality of object tomograms or measurement data for generating the plurality of object tomograms, wherein the tomograms parallel to a plane containing first and second directions and aligned in a third direction different from the first and second directions, are provided. The image processing apparatus includes a storage unit which stores the tomogram group. The image processing apparatus specifies a plurality of tomograms from the tomogram group, and sets higher priorities for the specified tomograms or a predetermined number of tomograms adjacent to the specified tomograms than for other tomograms. The image processing apparatus reads out the tomogram group from the storage unit in descending order of the set priorities, and provides it to subsequent processing.

主权项

1. An image processing apparatus which uses a tomogram group formed from a plurality of object tomograms or measurement data for generating the plurality of object tomograms, wherein the object tomograms are parallel to a plane containing a first direction and a second direction and are aligned in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction, said apparatus comprising:
a storing unit configured to store the tomogram group; a specifying unit configured to specify a plurality of tomograms from the tomogram group; a setting unit configured to set priorities for at least one of (a) the tomograms specified by said specifying unit and (b) a predetermined number of tomograms parallelly adjacent to the specified tomograms; and a reading unit configured to read out at least one tomogram included in the tomogram group from said storing unit in descending order of the priorities set by said setting unit, wherein said specifying unit is configured to specify, based on analysis of tomograms from the tomogram group to identify tomogram(s) in the group that contain(s) a predetermined a lesion, as one of the plurality of tomograms, a tomogram including a lesion, and said setting unit is configured to assign a high priority to that tomogram.