Endoscopic image processing apparatus

Abstract

The invention provides an endoscopic image processing apparatus capable of improving the observing efficiency for using endoscopic compared with the previous one, including: an image acquiring unit which acquires images according to subject images picked up over time by an endoscope inserted into an object to be examined; a lesion detecting unit which detects a lesion in an image each time the image is acquired; a display unit which displays the images; and an image display control unit which controls display conditions of a plurality of images including at least a lesion image in which a lesion has been detected by the lesion detecting unit out of the images acquired by the image acquiring unit.

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Endoscope image processing device technical field The present invention relates to an endoscopic image processing apparatus, and more particularly, to endoscopic image processing for controlling the display state of an image corresponding to an image of a subject captured with the passage of time in an endoscope inserted into the subject device. Background technique An endoscope system including an endoscope and the like has conventionally been widely used in industrial fields, medical fields, and the like. In particular, endoscope systems in the medical field are mainly used for applications such as observation of various organs in a living body. In addition, as an endoscope system used for the aforementioned applications, there is an electronic endoscope system proposed in Patent Document 1, for example. The electronic endoscope system of Patent Document 1 is configured to include an imaging unit that captures an image of a subject's body using an imaging element disp...

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On the other hand, the electronic endoscope system of Patent Document 1 has a structure for associating the position information of the distal end of the endoscope when the image is captured with the image, but does not have a structure that can prevent the For example, there is no structure capable of displaying information about the lesion confirmed when the endoscope is inserted when the endoscope is pulled out.

In other words, the electronic endoscope system of Patent Document 1 does not have a structure capable of solving the aforementioned problems arising in the aforementioned observation method

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