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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2022
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shumpei Kamon, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are a medical image processing apparatus and a medical image processing method that effectively display an observation state indication related to the comprehensiveness of observation while suppressing a decrease in the visibility of an endoscopic image. The medical image processing apparatus is a medical image processing apparatus including a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to acquire a plurality of medical images in a time-series manner, make a determination of an observation state in units of a small area of a photographic subject on the basis of the medical images, cause the memory to store a result of the determination, and upon an observation state of the photographic subject being changed, cause a monitor to display an observation state indication of the photographic subject, the observation state indication being based on the result of the determination stored in the memory.