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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Taihei Michihata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical image processing device includes a motion amount calculating unit configured to compare a first image obtained by capturing a subject image taken by an endoscope with a second image obtained by capturing the subject image at a chronologically different timing from the first image and calculate a motion amount for the second image every two or more areas in the first image; and an area specifying unit configured to specify a mask area other than the subject image included in the first image from an inside of a mask candidate area in which the motion amount is equal to or less than a specific first threshold value in the first image.