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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2007
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Jun Hasegawa, Hino, JP;
Hideki Tanaka, Hino, JP;
Ryoko Inoue, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsuo Nonami, Hino, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Jun Hasegawa, Hino, JP;
Hideki Tanaka, Hino, JP;
Ryoko Inoue, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsuo Nonami, Hino, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical image processing method for image processing of a medical image picking up an image of a living mucous comprises a boundary information detecting step for detecting boundary information corresponding to a boundary portion of a living mucous from the medical image and a mucous feature detecting step for detecting presence of a living mucous with a different feature on the basis of the boundary information detected at the boundary information detecting step.