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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2014
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Satoshi Ozawa, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Takayuki Iida, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope system comprising an image signal acquisition unit acquiring an image signal by imaging a subject, and an irregularity image generation unit generating an irregularity image by extracting information of irregularities on the subject, the irregularity image generation unit includes a microstructure image generation section generating a microstructure image as the irregularity image by extracting a microstructure of a body tissue surface layer from the image signal, the image signal including image signals of a plurality of colors having information of different wavelength components, the microstructure image generation section includes a first brightness signal generation section generating a brightness signal showing an average brightness of the subject based on the image signals of the plurality of colors, and a first image generation section generating the microstructure image by extracting a pixel region, in which a pixel value exceeds a fixed threshold value, of the brightness signal as a microstructure.