DIAGNOSTIC ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE, DIAGNOSTIC ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20250090145A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-20

    申请号:US18964697

    申请日:2024-12-02

    Inventor: Toshihiro USUDA

    Abstract: A diagnostic assistance apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire a first ultrasound image generated by an ultrasound module, and switch between a first operating mode and a second operating mode according to whether or not reference information is combined with the first ultrasound image, according to whether or not the first ultrasound image is an image obtained in an auxiliary image mode, or according to a set value that stipulates the image quality of the first ultrasound image. The first operating mode is an operating mode that performs detection of a specific area on the basis of detection assistance information created using a second ultrasound image obtained in a main image mode. The second operating mode is an operating mode that performs detection of the specific area but does not output a detection result, or that does not perform detection of the specific area.

    ENDOSCOPE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20210042926A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-11

    申请号:US17080847

    申请日:2020-10-27

    Inventor: Toshihiro USUDA

    Abstract: An endoscope image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires endoscopic images; a detection unit that detects lesion images representing lesions in the endoscopic images acquired by the image acquisition unit; a clustering unit that groups the endoscopic images on the basis of a degree of correlation between the lesion images and generates, for each lesion, a group formed of corresponding ones of the endoscopic images; a representative image selection unit that selects, for each group, a representative image from among the endoscopic images in the group; a saving unit that saves, for each group, the representative image and the endoscopic images that form the group to which the representative image belongs, in association with each other; and a display unit that displays a list of the representative images saved in the saving unit.

    ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20200294227A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-17

    申请号:US16813709

    申请日:2020-03-09

    Inventor: Toshihiro USUDA

    Abstract: There are provided an endoscopic image processing device, an endoscopic image processing method, an endoscopic image processing program, and an endoscope system that appropriately notify region-of-interest information about a region of interest included in an endoscopic image according to an endoscope operator's action.An endoscope operator's action on a portion to be observed of an endoscopic image is recognized from endoscopic images, and first emphasis display where region-of-interest information is displayed in the endoscopic image at a first emphasis level and second emphasis display where the region-of-interest information is displayed at a second emphasis level relatively lower than the first emphasis level are switched according to a recognition result.

    IMAGE DIAGNOSIS ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, IMAGE DIAGNOSIS ASSISTANCE METHOD , AND IMAGE DIAGNOSIS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20220151462A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-19

    申请号:US17591343

    申请日:2022-02-02

    Inventor: Toshihiro USUDA

    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an image diagnosis assistance apparatus, an endoscope system, and an image diagnosis assistance method that are capable of appropriately performing reporting by using screen display and audio. An image diagnosis assistance apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an image acquiring unit that acquires a chronological medical image, a recognizing unit that performs recognition of a region of interest in the acquired medical image, a reporting unit that performs reporting of a result of the recognition by using screen display and audio, and a determining unit that makes a determination on an examination status. The reporting unit performs reporting by using the screen display regardless of a result of the determination, and performs reporting by using the audio in either of a first mode of using audio having a first reporting level and a second mode of using audio having a second reporting level lower than the first reporting level, in accordance with a result of the determination.

    MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20210233298A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-29

    申请号:US17230024

    申请日:2021-04-14

    Inventor: Toshihiro USUDA

    Abstract: Provided are a medical image processing apparatus, a medical image processing method, a program, and a diagnosis support apparatus that report a region of interest without hindering observation of the boundary between the region of interest and a region of non-interest in a medical image. A medical image processing apparatus includes a superimposition processing unit that superimposes, on a medical image, a figure for reporting a region of interest included in the medical image. The superimposition processing unit superimposes the figure on an inside of the region of interest such that at least part of a boundary between the region of interest and a region of non-interest is not superimposed with the figure, thereby reporting the region of interest without hindering observation of the boundary between the region of interest and the region of non-interest.

    IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210196101A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:US17200914

    申请日:2021-03-15

    Inventor: Toshihiro USUDA

    Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that assist an observer of a time-series image in performing smooth observation while attracting attention of the observer. An image processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an image input unit that inputs a time-series image; an information acquiring unit that acquires information on a region of interest in the time-series image; a figure calculating unit that calculates a polygon or an ellipse surrounding the region of interest and having an area smaller than or equal to an area of a circumscribed rectangle, the circumscribed rectangle being a rectangle circumscribing the region of interest and formed of two sides parallel to a horizontal axis of the time-series image and other two sides parallel to a vertical axis of the time-series image; and a display control unit that causes a display apparatus to display a figure such that the figure is superimposed on the time-series image, the figure being based on the polygon or the ellipse and being disposed at sides or vertexes of the polygon or disposed on a circumference of the ellipse or at a plurality of positions on the circumference.

    ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210177248A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-17

    申请号:US17167046

    申请日:2021-02-03

    Inventor: Toshihiro USUDA

    Abstract: An endoscope system includes an image obtaining unit that obtains an image obtained by image capturing of a photographic subject, a recognition unit that performs a recognition process of recognizing the photographic subject by using the image, an identification unit that identifies an operation performed on the photographic subject, a setting unit that enables or disables the recognition unit in accordance with the result of identification by the identification unit, and a notification unit that gives a notification of whether the recognition unit is enabled or disabled.

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