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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2008
Kensaku Mori, Nagoya, JP;
Takayuki Kitasaka, Nagoya, JP;
Shunya Akimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Kouhei Ebe, Hino, JP;
Takeshi Wada, Chofu, JP;
Kensaku Mori, Nagoya, JP;
Takayuki Kitasaka, Nagoya, JP;
Shunya Akimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Kouhei Ebe, Hino, JP;
Takeshi Wada, Chofu, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to the invention, a VOI (Volume of Interest) generation setting section disposed in an endoscope insertion support apparatus comprises a VOI setting function section, a VOI extending function section, a VOI direction determining function section, a VOI branch determining function section, a VOI resetting function section, a VOI information storage function section, a VOI size determining function section and a VOI branch extracting function section. This configuration enables a VOI to be effectively set in a tubular organ having a strictured part and tubular path area information on the tubular organ to be extracted.