Endoscopic Image Processor for Disease Position Guidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing endoscopic photographic devices lack the capability to improve diagnosis accuracy by effectively utilizing similar case images for endoscopic image analysis, failing to provide precise photographic positions for disease detection within the body.
Innovation Solution
An endoscopic photographic device equipped with a processor that acquires endoscopic images, searches for similar images with matching characteristics, uses position information from diagnosis logs to specify photographic positions, and notifies the operator of these positions for optimal image capture, enhancing disease detection and diagnosis accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If similar case images are utilized to specify photographic positions, then diagnosis accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a processor as an intermediary component that mediates between the endoscopic image data and the diagnosis output. The processor executes search algorithms to find similar cases and determines photographic positions, thereby improving diagnosis accuracy without requiring complex manual intervention. This intermediary processing layer resolves the contradiction by automating the analysis while maintaining system manageability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-storing diagnosis logs with position information from multiple diagnosed cases. When a new endoscopic image is acquired, the system searches this pre-prepared database for similar cases and uses their position information to guide photographic positioning. This preliminary preparation of reference data enables accurate diagnosis without requiring complex real-time analysis, thus improving accuracy while controlling complexity.
2Measurement precision
If position information from diagnosis logs is used to specify photographic positions, then disease detection precision is improved, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential position information from complete diagnosis logs of similar cases. Instead of processing entire diagnosis records, the system extracts and utilizes specifically the position data indicating where diseases were found in reference images. This extraction of critical information enables precise disease detection while minimizing information processing requirements by focusing only on relevant positional data.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates simplified copies of position information from diagnosis logs rather than processing the full diagnostic data. By copying and storing position coordinates and anatomical location data from reference cases, the system maintains the essential information needed for disease detection while reducing the complexity of information processing. These copied position data serve as guides for photographic positioning without requiring re-processing of original detailed diagnosis records.
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AI summary
A processor acquires an endoscopic image of a subject to be examined that is picked up by an endoscope inserted into a body of the subject to be examined. The processor searches for a similar endoscopic image, which has characteristics similar to characteristics of the acquired endoscopic image, from a plurality of diagnosed endoscopic images with reference to an external device in which the plurality of diagnosed endoscopic images and diagnosis logs about the respective diagnosed endoscopic images including position information indicating a position of a disease are stored. The processor uses the position information, which is included in the diagnosis log about the similar endoscopic image, to specify a photographic position in the subject to be examined at which an image of a disease to be expected in the subject to be examined is capable of being picked up, and notifies of the specified photographic position.