Endoscope Image Identification Information Embedding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current endoscope systems face challenges in accurately discriminating and handling endoscope images, particularly when transmitting images with specific illumination types, as general video signals, due to the loss of correspondence between image types and illumination types, making it difficult for general-purpose computers to process and transmit these images effectively.
Innovation Solution
A processor device and medical image processing system that assign identification information to endoscope images based on their illumination types, allowing for easy discrimination and handling by modifying pixel values or applying digital watermarks, enabling the system to recognize and process images accordingly, even when transmitted as general video signals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If endoscope images are transmitted as general video signals to general-purpose computers, then ease of operation and compatibility are improved, but loss of information about image type correspondence occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the image type identification information with the endoscope image data itself by embedding it in the header portion of the video signal. This combination allows general-purpose computers to receive and process the images without requiring separate transmission channels or additional data structures, thereby maintaining ease of operation while preventing information loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary encoding scheme where the image type information is embedded within the video signal header. This intermediary structure acts as a bridge between the specialized endoscope system and general-purpose computers, allowing the latter to access both the image data and its type identification without requiring specialized hardware or protocols.
2Measurement precision
If identification information is embedded in the header portion of the video signal, then measurement precision of image type is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal header structure that serves multiple functions: it carries both the endoscope image data and the image type identification information in a standardized format. This multi-functional approach allows the same data structure to be processed by both specialized endoscope systems and general-purpose computers, reducing the need for separate processing paths and thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.
3Manufacturing precision
If different image processing is performed for different endoscope image types, then manufacturing precision of diagnostic accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by embedding the image type identification information in the header portion of the video signal before transmission. This allows receiving systems to automatically identify the image type and select the appropriate processing algorithm in advance, enabling precise, type-specific image processing without requiring complex real-time decision-making or multiple processing paths, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.
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AI summary
The medical image processing system includes the processor device and the medical image processing device. The processor device generates an identification information-assigned medical image generated by assigning a part of data constituting a medical image as identification information indicating a type of the medical image, and the medical image processing device acquires the identification information-assigned medical image, identifies the type of the medical image, and performs image processing corresponding to the type of the medical image. The endoscope system includes a light source, an endoscope, and the medical image processing system.