US 12,419,491 B2
Endoscope diagnosis support system, storage medium, and endoscope diagnosis support method
Makoto Kitamura, Hachioji (JP); Katsuyoshi Taniguchi, Hino (JP); Hirokazu Godo, Hachioji (JP); Takashi Kono, Hachioji (JP); Toshiya Kamiyama, Tama (JP); and Yamato Kanda, Hino (JP)
Assigned to OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/665,040.
Application 16/665,040 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2017/016961, filed on Apr. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0126223 A1, Apr. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC A61B 1/000094 (2022.02) [A61B 1/000096 (2022.02); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/0655 (2022.02); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
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1. An endoscope diagnosis support system comprising:
a processor configured to:
generate an endoscope image based on an image pickup signal output by an endoscope, the image pick up signal being obtained by the endoscope performing image pickup of an inside of a subject;
perform detection of a candidate area from the endoscope image;
in response to detecting the candidate area,
acquire a position of the candidate area in the endoscope image; and
generate a first display image comprising:
a main area;
a sub area adjacent to the main area;
the endoscope image arranged in the main area;
a second endoscope image, based on the endoscope image in the main area, is further arranged in the sub area;
a plurality of detection indicators, indicating the detection of the candidate area, arranged in the main area so as to be located at a periphery of the endoscope image to surround the endoscope image; and
a detection position image separately arranged in the sub area, wherein a position of the detection position image in the sub area is set to correspond to the detected position of the candidate area in the endoscope image; and
in response to not detecting the candidate area, generate a second display image comprising the endoscope image arranged in the main area,
wherein the second display image does not include the detection position image and the plurality of detection indicators,
wherein the periphery of the endoscope image comprises:
a first periphery;
a second periphery adjacent to the first periphery; and
a third periphery adjacent to the second periphery, the second periphery being disposed between the first periphery and the third periphery, and
wherein in the first display image, the plurality of detection indicators comprises a first indicator at the first periphery and a second indicator at the third periphery, and no indicator of the plurality of detection indicators or another indicator is arranged in the second periphery.