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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2022
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Makino, Tokyo, JP;
Yousuke Ikemoto, Tokyo, JP;
HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic endoscope processor includes a converting means for converting each piece of pixel data that is made up of n (n≥3) types of color components and constitutes a color image of a biological tissue in a body cavity into a piece of pixel data that is made up of m (m≥2) types of color components, m being smaller than n; an evaluation value calculating means for calculating, for each pixel of the color image, an evaluation value related to a target illness based on the converted pieces of pixel data that are made up of m types of color components; and a lesion index calculating means for calculating a lesion index for each of a plurality of types of lesions related to the target illness based on the evaluation values calculated for the pixels of the color image.