Diagnosis assisting device, and image processing method in diagnosis assisting device

Abstract

Provided are a diagnosis assisting device that facilitates a user to grasp a difference of an affected area to perform a highly precise diagnosis assistance, an image processing method in the diagnosis assisting device, and a program. An image 5 processing method in a diagnosis assisting device that diagnoses lesions from a picked up image includes (A) performing an image processing on the picked-up image. In (A), a peripheral area other than a diagnosis area that has a high probability as diseases in the picked-up image is set to be a measuring area when an image correction is performed.

Description

[0001] This application is based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-171595 filed on September 2, 2016 and Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-081594 filed on April 17, 2017. The specifications of Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-171595 and Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-081594, the scope of claims, and the entire drawings are incorporated herein by reference. technical field [0002] The present invention relates to a diagnosis support device, an image processing method of the diagnosis support device, and a storage medium storing a program. Background technique [0003] As a diagnosis of skin lesions, inspection must be carried out, and more information can be obtained. However, it is even difficult to distinguish moles from plaques, and also difficult to distinguish benign tumors from malignant tumors only with the naked eye and a magnifying glass. Therefore, a dermoscopic diagnosis using a camera with a dermoscopic camera to photograph the lesion is perfo...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] However, when the color tone and lightness of the skin color part of the non-disease area are different, when the doctor obtains insights based on visual observation, he only focuses on the difference, and it is difficult to grasp the difference in the diseased area

[0005] Therefore, for example, color correction is performed as described in Non-Patent Document 1, or brightness correction is performed as described in Patent Document 1, but in the former case, when the color information used for correction is measured, Since the measurement is also performed on the central part of the diseased area, the robustness is low, and the color correction is performed by the gray color false, so there is a problem that the corrected skin part becomes pale and unnatural

In addition, in the latter case, the excessive or insufficient brightness of the skin-colored area caused by both the light source condition and the exposure condition is corrected, but the inherent characteristic processing corresponding to the application is not included. Perform high-precision diagnosis

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