PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To generate an enface image useful for diagnosis even in a case of a subject eye having a disease.SOLUTION: The invention relates to an image processing apparatus (200), which comprises: information acquisition means (191) for acquiring three-dimensional polarization tomographic information and three-dimensional luminance tomographic information of a subject (115), on the basis of tomographic signals of light beams having polarizations different from each other, the light beams being obtained by dividing the light obtained by multiplexing returned light from the subject irradiated with measurement light and reference light corresponding to the measurement light extraction means (192) for extracting a specific region, using the three-dimensional polarization tomographic information and image generation means (193) for generating a luminance enface image of the extracted specific region, using the three-dimensional luminance tomographic information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】疾病を有する被検眼においても診断に有益なEn-face画像を生成する。【解決手段】測定光を照射した被検査物(115)からの戻り光と測定光に対応する参照光とを合波して得た合波光を分割して得た互いに異なる偏光の光の断層信号に基づいて、被検査物の3次元偏光断層情報および3次元輝度断層情報を取得する情報取得手段(191)と、3次元偏光断層情報を用いて、特定の領域を抽出する抽出手段(192)と、3次元輝度断層情報を用いて、抽出された特定の領域の輝度のEn-face画像を生成する画像生成手段(193)と、を備える画像処理装置(200)。【選択図】図10
