Olympus Corporation

Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Akihiro Kubota

Yamato Kanda

Makoto Kitamura

Toshiyuki Noguchi

Susumu Kobayashi

Yukihiro Sugimoto

Hiroshi Itoh

Yasuhiro Komiya

Masaki Higurashi

Mitsutaka Kimura

Katsuyoshi Taniguchi

Tadashi Nishio

Fujio Kosaka

Mitsuji Waki

Tomoyuki Nakamura

Takao Tsuruoka

Shinzo Matsui

Toshihiro Kitahara

Hiroyoshi Kobayashi

Manabu Fujita

Hidetoshi Yamada

Hiroshi Hashi

Takashi Okamura

Joji Sakamoto

Tatsuki Yamada

Takehito Hayami

Toru Hidaka

Yuya Kawabata

Hiroshi Tanaka

An image processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor receives endoscope images to be determined, in each of which an image of an inside of a body of a subject is picked up, determines whether or not an endoscope image for comparison concerning a predetermined inspection site, and the endoscope images to be determined are same or similar, determines whether or not an observation mode of each of the endoscope images to be determined is a condition suitable for automatic recording, and automatically records a predetermined number of the endoscope images to be determined in a recording unit, when the endoscope images to be determined and the endoscope image for comparison are determined to be the same or similar and when the observation mode is the condition suitable for automatic recording.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for automatic recording of predetermined number of endoscope images

An image processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor receives an observation image of a subject or the observation image and system information, detects a lesioned part candidate from the observation image, estimates a deterioration risk of endoscopy quality from the observation image or the system information, controls a notification form of the lesioned part candidate from an estimation result of the deterioration risk, and notifies the lesioned part candidate according to the control of the notification form.

Image processing apparatus, diagnosis supporting method, and recording medium recording image processing program

An endoscope apparatus includes a processor. The processor conducts analysis whether an endoscope image has been appropriately captured or not on the basis of the endoscope image. The processor acquires correction restriction information that is at least one of a restriction regarding a size of a lumen of an image-captured portion or a restriction regarding a submucosa state of the image-captured portion. The processor generates correction information regarding correction of image-capturing conditions for allowing the endoscope image to be appropriately captured under a restriction of the correction restriction information in a case where it is analyzed that the endoscope image has not been appropriately captured, and outputs the correction information on a monitor.

Endoscope apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium

A medical image data creation apparatus for training acquires a first medical image, acquires a second medical image that is different from the first medical image and is obtained by photographing a substantially same spot as in the first medical image, creates lesion region information concerning a lesion part in the second medical image, and creates medical image data for training in which the first medical image and the lesion region information are associated with each other.

Medical image data creation apparatus for training, medical image data creation method for training and non-transitory recording medium in which program is recorded

A diagnosis support apparatus includes a processor including at least one piece of hardware. The processor identifies, based on physical information including one or more kinds of information capable of estimating a state of a diagnosis target organ of a subject, one abnormal symptom appearing in the diagnosis target organ, performs, as lesion extraction processing for extracting a lesion candidate region from an endoscopic image, different processing specialized for each abnormal symptom that appears in the diagnosis target organ, and performs the lesion extraction processing corresponding to the identified one abnormal symptom.

Control apparatus, diagnosis support method, and recording medium

An image processing device includes: a first processor configured to perform image processing on an inputted image, the image processing including diagnostic process; a second processor configured to perform selection processing to select and transmit a portion of the inputted image to an external image processing apparatus connected to an external network; and an interface configured to receive a processing result of the diagnostic process by the external image processing apparatus.

Endoscope system, and image processing apparatus and image processing method used in endoscope system

An image recording system includes a processor. The processor acquires a time series RAW image group including a plurality of time series RAW images in a first time section. The processor extracts, from the time series RAW image group, a recording candidate RAW image group included in a second time section as a part of the first time section. The processor records at least one RAW image included in the recording candidate RAW image group as a recording target RAW image which is a RAW image to be recorded. The processor selects the recording target RAW image from the recording candidate RAW image group. The processor converts the RAW image which is not selected as the recording target RAW image from the recording candidate RAW image group or the time series RAW image group to compressed data, and records the compressed data.

Image recording system, image recording method, and recording medium

An image processing apparatus for endoscope includes a processor. The processor sequentially receives a plurality of observation images of an endoscope, detects one or more lesioned parts from each of the plurality of observation images, analyzes visibility of at least one of a distance from the endoscope, an occupied area, a shape, a size, a position in the observation image, a color, luminance, or an organ part relating to the detected lesioned part, sets a display extension time of a detection result of the lesioned part according to the visibility, and outputs the observation image to which the detection result of the lesioned part is added.

Image processing apparatus for endoscope, image processing method for endoscope, and recording medium

A processor of an endoscope system detects from the observation images a lesion area which is an observation target of the endoscope, judges a level of an oversight risk which is a risk that an operator may overlook the lesion area, on the basis of the observation images, and controls notification methods of detection of the lesion area on the basis of the level of the oversight risk. The processor displays the marker image indicating the lesion area only in a second image region of the display apparatus when a level of the oversight risk relating to the lesion area is a first level and displays the marker image in both a first image region and the second image region which is smaller than the first image region when a level of the oversight risk relating to the lesion area is a second level higher than the first level.

Endoscope system, endoscope image processing method, and storage medium

An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device which is configured to perform a photoelectric conversion of collected light; a selection unit which is configured to select output signals from pixels belonging to a predetermined pixel area of the imaging device; a dark current-calculating unit which is configured to calculate a dark current value based on a difference between the output signals in a predetermined set; a temperature-calculating unit which is configured to calculate a temperature of the imaging device from the dark current value; and an inspection unit which is configured to inspect whether or not a temperature measurement state is normal based on temperatures calculated for a plurality of exposure times for the imaging device by the temperature-calculating unit.

Imaging apparatus, endoscope apparatus, and temperature-measuring method

The image-shake correction apparatusof the invention comprises a base partincluding a permanent magnetand a moving parthaving a coillocated in a position opposite to the permanent magnet, wherein the permanent magnetand coilform together a voice coil motor, and the permanent magnetincludes cutoutsand

Image-shake correction apparatus and imaging apparatus incorporating the same

This imaging device includes an imaging element, a field rate conversion processing section, and a frame rate conversion processing section. The imaging element converts an image of a photoelectric subject photographically, and outputs a picture image signal which consists of frames at a first frame rate. The field rate conversion processing section converts the picture image signal at the first frame rate into a television signal at a second frame rate which is smaller than the first frame rate. The frame rate conversion processing section converts the picture image signal at the first frame rate into a cinema film signal at a third frame rate which is smaller than the first frame rate, and which is different from the second frame rate.

Method and apparatus for converting images at a given frame or field rate to second and third frame or field rates while maintaining system synchronism

Provided is an image processing device, including a division area setting unit for dividing and cutting out a plurality of image areas from a single image; and a synthesizing unit for synthesizing into a single image the plurality of image areas divided and cut out with the division area setting unit. By cutting out several arbitrary image areas from the same image output of a single camera and synthesizing and outputting the cutout portion, variations that arise among cameras in a case where several cameras are used will not occur. Further, an image processing unit for performing individual image processing on the plurality of divided and cut out image areas may be further provided, and the synthesizing unit may be used to synthesize the images subjected to individual image processing into a single image.

Image processing device

A battery monitoring system including a first device powered by a first battery, a second device powered by a second battery and operated in conjunction with the first device, a first information generating portion that generates a first information indicating the state of the first battery, a second information generating portion that generates a second information indicating the state of the second battery, and an information selecting portion that selects and outputs at least one of the first information and the second information.

Battery monitoring system

A solid-state image pick-up system according to the present invention comprises an image pick-up lens for making incident light from a subject form an image on an image pick-up surface, a light source alternately emitting a plurality of color light beams at a given period, a solid-state image pick-up device for receiving the subject light separated through the color separating section to convert it into a given subject picture signal, an image pick-up mode selecting circuit for selecting one of a standard mode for picking up a dynamic mode and a high-sensitivity mode for picking up a still picture, and a control section for controlling the period for the color separating section on the basis of the output of the image pick-up mode selecting circuit.

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Akihiro Kubota