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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2019
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takehito Hayami, Tokyo, JP;
Yamato Kanda, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kono, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsutaka Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoji Takami, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus have a processor configured to: receive a plurality of images of a tissue including a lesion portion, the plurality of images being received from an endoscope; judge, based on a signal from the endoscope, whether or not to engage a differentiation classification operation; in response to judging that the differentiation classification operation is engaged, process the plurality of images to specify the lesion portion within one or more of the plurality of images; and perform differentiation classification on the one or more images to classify the lesion portion into at least one class of a plurality of classes; and in response to judging that the differentiation classification operation is not engaged, not process the plurality of images to specify the lesion portion within the one or more of the plurality of images.