Sony Corporation

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Sony Group Corporation

Kenta Yamaguchi

Yukihiro Nakamura

Hisakazu Shiraki

Yasuaki Takahashi

Kentaro Fukazawa

Yuki Sugie

Tomoyuki Hirayama

Koji Kashima

Daisuke Kikuchi

Kenji Ikeda

Seiji Wada

Hiroshi Ichiki

Osamu Kizaki

Takeshi Miyai

Daisuke Tsuru

Masahito Yamane

Tsuneo Hayashi

Takeshi Uemori

Nobuhiro Morita

Junichiro Enoki

Yuji Ohue

Akiyoshi Nakai

Toshihiro Isozaki

A medical image processing apparatus for allocating at least two medical imaging processes to a plurality of assignable processing resources is provided. The plurality of assignable processing resources is allocated by the medical image processing apparatus based on resource information of the plurality of assignable processing resources. The medical image processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to acquire medical image processing content, from medical equipment, to be processed according to the at least two medical imaging processes prior to display on a display device connected to a surgical operating room network. The circuitry is configured to acquire the resource information of the plurality of assignable processing resources, and allocate each of the at least two medical imaging processes to a different one of the plurality of assignable processing resources based on the resource information of the plurality processing resources and the medical image processing content.

Medical image processing apparatus, medical image processing method, and computing device

Provided is a control apparatus including a ratio calculation unit that calculates a first ratio of a bit assignment relating to transmission of a biological image on the basis of image capture conditions and a bit assignment determination unit that determines the bit assignment on the basis of the first ratio. In addition, provided is a control system including an image capture apparatus that captures an image of an object, the control apparatus including the ratio calculation unit that calculates the first ratio on the basis of the image capture conditions relating to the object, the bit assignment determination unit that determines the bit assignment, an image processing unit that performs image processing based on the captured image and the bit assignment and generates the biological image, and an output apparatus that outputs the biological image based on the bit assignment.

Control apparatus, control system, and control method for transmission of a biological image

There is provided a medical image processing device and an image processing method. The medical image processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires application information indicating an application related to a display, and an image processing unit that performs image processing based on the application information to acquire an output image.

Medical image processing device and image processing method

An endoscopic system including an endoscope device that outputs image data, an illumination device that illuminates a body of a patient, and circuitry that obtains, from the image data, at least two frames each captured with a different illumination state, generate, from at least two obtained frames, a composite image that has a reduced specular reflection light component with respect to at least one of the obtained frames, and generate a video signal including the composite image.

Endoscopic system, image processing apparatus, and image processing method

The present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, a surgery system, and a surgical thread capable of further improving visibility of the thread. The image processing device is provided with an image obtaining unit which obtains a first image imaged under an illumination condition in which the surgical thread fluoresces and a second image imaged under an illumination condition including at least visible light as images of an operative site using the surgical thread which fluoresces, and a synthesis unit which generates a synthetic image obtained by synthesizing an area of the surgical thread of the first image and the second image. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a surgery system and the like.

Image processing device, image processing method, surgery system, and surgical thread

A medical imaging apparatus including a controller including circuitry configured to control display on a display area of a medical image, control display on the display area of a superimposed image corresponding to the medical image such that the superimposed image is displayed overlapped on the medical image, detect a position of an important element within the medical image, and determine a position of the superimposed image within the display area, based on the detected position of the important element, such that the superimposed image does not overlap on the important element within the medical image.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method for image display including determining position of superimposed zoomed image

It is desired that a technique be provided that is capable of ensuring more reliable voice communication during surgery among surgical participants. Provided is a control device including a sound-output-control unit that controls sound output by a sound-output device on a basis of information related to surgery.

Control device, control method, program, and sound output system

The present disclosure relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a surgical system with which more accurate surgical resection can be performed in a shorter time. An identifying unit identifies the type of tissue degeneration in a mid-surgery image. In accordance with the identified type of the tissue degeneration, a drawing unit draws auxiliary information for the operator, the auxiliary information being to be superimposed on the mid-surgery image. The present disclosure can be applied to an endoscopic surgical system or the like that includes a display device, a camera control unit (CCU), a light source device, a treatment tool device, a pneumoperitoneum apparatus, a recorder, a printer, an endoscope, an energetic treatment tool, forceps, trocars, a foot switch, and a patient's bed, for example.

Device, method, and system for image guided surgical resection

[Object] To improve the quality of an acquired image by detecting each piece of color information of red (R), green (G), and blue (B) components to effectively utilize the dynamic range of the image sensor while using a single-plate image sensor. [Solution] Provided is a light source control device including: a light source control unit configured to cause a plurality of narrowband light sources including at least a red light source, a green light source, and a blue light source to emit light on a time division basis; and a light quantity setting unit configured to set an output of each of the narrowband light sources on the basis of image information that is frame-sequentially detected by a monochrome single-plate image sensor configured to capture a reflected image of a subject illuminated with light emitted from the narrowband light source.

Light source control device, method of controlling light source, and image capture system

An image scanning device includes an image sensor obtaining an analog image signal; a variable gain amplifier amplifying the analog image signal; an analog-to-digital converter converting the amplified analog image signal into digital image data; a highest value detection unit detecting the highest value in the digital image data; and an amplifier gain setting unit setting an amplifier gain of the variable gain amplifier. The amplifier gain setting unit initially sets the amplifier gain of the variable gain amplifier such that the highest value in first digital image data of a reference image falls within a predetermined range, and if the highest value in second digital image data of the reference image obtained with the initially-set amplifier gain exceeds the predetermined range, the amplifier gain setting unit decreases the amplifier gain of the variable gain amplifier.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Kenta Yamaguchi