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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
Hideki Tanaka, Tama, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Ryoko Inoue, Hachioji, JP;
Miho Sawa, Hino, JP;
Hideki Tanaka, Tama, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Ryoko Inoue, Hachioji, JP;
Miho Sawa, Hino, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A CPU implements a possible polyp detection process of step Sto execute processing for each label value of a thinned image and superimpose a processing result on a possible polyp image, thereby generating a possible polyp labeling image in which a possible polyp edge is labeled. The possible polyp labeling image, in which the possible polyp image is superimposed on an original image, is displayed on a display device so that a possible polyp location on the image can be easily checked, thereby improving the detection accuracy of an intraluminal abnormal tissue.