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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2009
Ryoko Inoue, Hachioji, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Hideki Tanaka, Tama, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Miho Sawa, Hino, JP;
Ryoko Inoue, Hachioji, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Hideki Tanaka, Tama, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Miho Sawa, Hino, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Main parts of an endoscope system of the present invention include a medical observation apparatus, a medical image processing apparatus, and a monitor. A CPU of the medical image processing apparatus is constituted by function units including a three-dimensional model estimating unit, a detection target area setting unit, a shape feature value calculating unit, a three-dimensional shape detecting unit, a threshold determining unit, and a polyp determining unit. Such a configuration enables to execute a process appropriately adapted to an observation state of a targeted two-dimensional image and to improve the detection accuracy in the detection of a lesion with locally elevated shape as compared to the past.