| CPC A61B 1/00045 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
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1. A surgical operation support apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing program code executable by the processor to perform processing comprising:
acquiring images captured in time series by an imaging device mounted on an endoscope;
detecting a target site image by performing segmentation processing on an image captured inside of a living body;
calculating a degree of broken or blur using the acquired images captured in time series using the endoscope;
correcting the calculated the degree of bokeh or blur, by using a distribution of bokeh, blur, tone, hue, or contrast, or by combining two or more of the acquired images captured in time series using the endoscope;
determining whether or not the corrected degree of bokeh or blur is smaller than a bokeh or blur threshold;
when the corrected degree of bokeh or blur is smaller than the bokeh or blur threshold, estimating that an observer is performing observation;
generating, when the target site image has been estimated as being observed by the observer, controlling a display device to superimpose on the acquired images a first display where either a bounding box surrounding a contour of the target site image or a bounding box that includes an entirety of the contour of the target site image; and
when the target site image has not been estimated as being observed by the observer, controlling the display device to superimpose on the acquired image a second display where either a region of the target site image or a region including the target site image is filled with a predetermined color or pattern.
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