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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2020
Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics, Tokyo, JP;
Hirosaki University, Aomori, JP;
Yuki Saito, Saitama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Fukami, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroshi Kamiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Arai, Tochigi, JP;
Kazuhiko Sasagawa, Aomori, JP;
Koichi Sagawa, Aomori, JP;
Yasutaka Hanada, Aomori, JP;
Toshiro Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics, Musashino, JP;
Abstract
A blood vessel specifying device () includes an image processing device () configured to subject an image for analysis of a target part () to image processing to acquire blood vessel information including positions and shapes of blood vessels included in the target part (), an evaluation device () configured to use the blood vessel information to assign a point rating regarding a parameter that indicates a conformity to a particular purpose with respect to the blood vessels included in the image for analysis depending on a degree of the conformity, and a specification device () configured to specify conforming blood vessels conforming to the purpose from the blood vessels included in the target part () in accordance with rating points of the parameter.