Endoscopy Image Recording Device for Lesion Identification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing image recording devices for endoscopy lack an efficient method to identify and record the appearance of lesions in time-series images, which is crucial for accurate medical diagnosis and annotation data creation.

Innovation Solution

The image recording device includes a processor configured to acquire and temporarily record time-series endoscopy images, identify the appearance of lesions, and record predetermined images based on the identified lesions, enabling efficient annotation data creation for machine learning.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If all time-series endoscopy images are temporarily recorded in buffer memory, then complete lesion appearance data can be retrieved and identified, but memory usage and data processing load increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelesion identification accuracyVSAvoidbuffer memory data volume

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary recording of all time-series images in buffer memory before lesion identification, ensuring complete data availability for accurate lesion appearance detection while maintaining the ability to process and manage the data efficiently

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If lesion appearance is identified in real-time from time-series images, then accurate annotation data can be created, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveannotation data qualityVSAvoidlesion identification processing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system retrieves and identifies lesion appearances from previously recorded time-series images in buffer memory, allowing comprehensive analysis without real-time processing pressure, thus maintaining high annotation quality while optimizing processing timing

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system works with copies of time-series images stored in buffer memory rather than processing original continuous streams, enabling efficient retrieval and analysis of lesion appearances without impacting the primary image acquisition process

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS12268354B2Image recording device, image recording method, and recording medium for recording time-series images of endoscopy

Publication Date: 2025.04.08 OLYMPUS CORPORATION(JP)

AI summary

An image recording device includes a processor. The processor acquires time-series images of endoscopy, temporarily records all of the time-series images of the endoscopy in a buffer memory, retrieves the time-series images temporarily recorded in the buffer memory and identifies an appearance of a lesion from the retrieved time-series images, and records in a memory a predetermined image of the time-series images temporarily recorded in the buffer memory, according to the identified appearance of the lesion.