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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Hideki Tanaka, Tama, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Ryoko Inoue, Hachioji, JP;
Miho Sawa, Hino, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Hideki Tanaka, Tama, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Ryoko Inoue, Hachioji, JP;
Miho Sawa, Hino, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing device includes; a lesion candidate region detecting section that detects a lesion candidate region based on at least one color signal in a medical image including a plurality of color signals; an incidental region detecting section that detects an incidental region that arises because of incidental attributes accompanying a lesion from the medical image; and a detection standard changing section that changes a detection standard when detecting a lesion from the lesion candidate region in accordance with a detection result of the incidental region.