Medical image processing apparatus and medical image processing method
US8165370B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 26, 2009 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30032
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Main parts of an endoscope system of the present invention include a medical observation apparatus, a medical image processing apparatus, and a monitor. A CPU of the medical image processing apparatus is constituted by function units including a three-dimensional model estimating unit, a detection target area setting unit, a shape feature value calculating unit, a three-dimensional shape detecting unit, a threshold determining unit, and a polyp determining unit. Such a configuration enables to execute a process appropriately adapted to an observation state of a targeted two-dimensional image and to improve the detection accuracy in the detection of a lesion with locally elevated shape as compared to the past.
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