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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2014
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Tanaka, Kariya, JP;
Sawako Shibata, Tama, JP;
Yusuke Tomoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical image processing device includes an input section to which a biological mucous membrane image obtained by picking up an image of a biological mucous membrane is inputted, a region extracting section that extracts a mucous membrane microstructure region corresponding to a mucous membrane microstructure from the inputted biological mucous membrane image, a closed region identifying section that identifies at least one closed region regarded as being surrounded by the mucous membrane microstructure region, and a unit region setting section that sets a biologically histological unit region on the basis of the mucous membrane microstructure region and the closed region.