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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshimi Obara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/1459 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/043 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); A61B 1/0638 (2013.01); A61B 1/0646 (2013.01); A61B 1/0669 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 5/14546 (2013.01); A61B 5/14551 (2013.01); A61B 1/00117 (2013.01); A61B 5/1459 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope system includes: a light source apparatus; an endoscope having an imaging unit that includes an image sensor configured to generate color image data imaging biological tissue illuminated by light emitter by the light source apparatus; and a processor that has a first parameter generation unit configured to generate a first parameter that has sensitivity to a first feature amount of the biological tissue but does not have sensitivity to light scattering by the biological tissue based on the color image data, and a first feature amount acquisition unit configured to acquire the first feature amount based on the first parameter.