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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
Shunya Akimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Junichi Ohnishi, Hachioji, JP;
Fumihiro Asano, Gifu, JP;
Hiroshi Moriya, Fukushima, JP;
Koichi Yamazaki, Sapporo, JP;
Takashi Ishida, Fukushima, JP;
Shunya Akimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Junichi Ohnishi, Hachioji, JP;
Fumihiro Asano, Gifu, JP;
Hiroshi Moriya, Fukushima, JP;
Koichi Yamazaki, Sapporo, JP;
Takashi Ishida, Fukushima, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an insertion support system of the present invention, when a biopsy area is specified at a periphery of the bronchi, the barycenter of the biopsy area is extracted. A circle centering on the barycenter is determined as a search area. The search area is expanded until the bronchi are located within the search area. A point in the search area to which the bronchi first reach is determined as an end point. A first route choice connecting the end point and a start point is determined. If the first route choice has not been registered yet, the first route choice is registered as a first registered route. Accordingly, a location of interest can be specified as an arbitrary region, and navigation leading to the specified region is appropriately set.