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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2022
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Naoto Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Takuma Igarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Saikou, Tokyo, JP;
Kimiyasu Takoh, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Maekawa, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In the endoscopic examination support apparatus, the video acquisition means acquires an endoscopic video captured by an endoscope. The lesion detection means detects a lesion candidate from the endoscopic video. The heat map generation means generates a heat map which represents a lesion possibility of the lesion candidate included in the endoscopic video by a color. The display control means superimposes and displays an area where the lesion possibility is equal to or higher than a first threshold on the endoscopic video in a first display mode, and superimposes and displays an area where the lesion possibility is equal to or higher than a second threshold on the endoscopic video in a second display mode.