Endoscope Image Separation for Final Arrival Site Reporting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing endoscope technologies lack efficient methods to determine the final arrival site during examinations, leading to increased labor and time in creating endoscope reports.
Innovation Solution
A medical support device and system that utilize an endoscope to continuously capture images, an image diagnosis device for detection, and a medical support device to discriminate between image data groups, generating related information on endoscope movement based on detection results and examination information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the endoscope continuously captures images of multiple observed regions, then the completeness of examination data is improved, but the time and labor required to create the endoscope report increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically determining the final arrival site and discriminating between first and second image data groups before report creation. The medical support device pre-processes the continuous image data to identify which images were captured before reaching the final arrival site and which were captured after, preparing structured information that reduces the time required for subsequent report creation while maintaining complete examination data.
2Reliability
If the distal end portion of the endoscope reaches the final arrival site, then the completeness of organ observation is improved, but the complexity of determining arrival and separating image data increases
Solution Approach 1:
The medical support device uses feedback mechanisms to automatically determine whether the distal end portion has reached the final arrival site by analyzing the continuous image data and examination information. The system provides feedback on the determination result to automatically separate the image data into first image data (captured before reaching the final arrival site) and second image data group (captured after reaching the final arrival site), reducing the complexity of manual analysis while ensuring complete organ observation.
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AI summary
A medical support device includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: acquire a first image data group and examination information, determine, based on observation order information, whether a distal end portion of an insertion portion provided in an endoscope reaches a final arrival site set in an observation order, discriminate, based on determining that the distal end portion reaches the final arrival site, between first image data captured before the distal end portion reaches the final arrival site and a second image data group captured after the distal end portion reaches the final arrival, and generate, based on a determination result obtained by discriminating between the first image data and the second image data group and on the examination information, related information including time information related to movement of the endoscope in the second image data group.