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US 10,650,924 B2Granted
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and medical observation system
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKoji Kashima, Takeshi Uemori, Masahito Yamane, Tsuneo Hayashi
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Abstract
Provided is an medical information processing apparatus including processing circuitry that, based on surgical situation information concerning surgical characteristics at a time of observing an interior of a living body, selects at least one of a plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range or at least one of secondary images generated from the plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range, as a recommended image.
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A medical information processing apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to
- based on surgical situation information concerning surgical characteristics at a time of observing an interior of a living body, select at least one of a plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range or at least one of secondary images generated from the plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range, as a recommended image, wherein the plurality of biological images include a first captured image of the living body in a visible light region and a second captured image of the living body in a near-infrared region;
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- change a color tone of an area of the second captured image in which light, in the near-infrared region, has been detected to a predetermined color tone in the display.
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A medical information processing apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to, based on surgical situation information concerning surgical characteristics at a time of observing an interior of a living body, select at least one of a plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range or at least one of secondary images generated from the plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range, as a recommended image,
- wherein at least a first captured image of the living body in a visible light region and a second captured image of the living body in a near-infrared region are included in the plurality of biological images, and
- wherein the processing circuitry is configured to select the second captured image of the living body in the near-infrared region as the recommended image in a case that the surgical characteristics include that smoke or mist is detected or a medical energy device is in use.
A medical information processing apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to, based on surgical situation information concerning surgical characteristics at a time of observing an interior of a living body, select at least one of a plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range or at least one of secondary images generated from the plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range, as a recommended image,
- wherein the processing circuitry is configured to select, as the recommended image, an image of the secondary images in which a distribution of oxygen saturation generated as secondary information, based on the plurality of biological images, is visualized, or a captured image of the living body in a near-infrared region of the plurality of biological images, that corresponds to a distribution of blood, in a case that the surgical characteristics include that a blood flow obstruction medical instrument or a blood vessel anastomosis medical instrument, is detected.
A medical information processing apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to, based on surgical situation information concerning surgical characteristics at a time of observing an interior of a living body, select at least one of a plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range or at least one of secondary images generated from the plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range, as a recommended image,
- wherein on the processing circuitry is configured to select a captured image of the living body of the plurality of biological images having a wavelength range permitting visual identification of a blood vessel, as the recommended image in a case that the surgical characteristics include that an existence of a blood vessel is detected.
A medical information processing apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to, based on surgical situation information concerning surgical characteristics at a time of observing an interior of a living body, select at least one of a plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range or at least one of secondary images generated from the plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range, as a recommended image;
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- a medical observation apparatus that includes a multispectral sensor including at least a pixel configured to detect intensities of light in a plurality of wavelength ranges at one time while distinguishing intensities for each wavelength range, wherein a biological image for each of the plurality of wavelength ranges is generated from an output result of the multispectral sensor as the plurality of biological images.
A medical information processing method comprising:
- selecting, based on surgical situation information concerning surgical characteristics at a time of observing an interior of a living body, at least one of a plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range or at least one of secondary images generated from the plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range, as a recommended image, wherein the plurality of biological images include a first captured image of the living body in a visible light region and a second captured image of the living body in a near-infrared region;
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- changing a color tone of an area of the second captured image in which light, in the near-infrared region, has been detected to a predetermined color tone in the display.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein a program that when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a medical information processing method, comprising:
- selecting, based on surgical situation information concerning surgical characteristics at a time of observing an interior of a living body, at least one of a plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range or at least one of secondary images generated from the plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range, as a recommended image, wherein the plurality of biological images include a first captured image of the living body in a visible light region and a second captured image of the living body in a near-infrared region;
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- changing a color tone of an area of the second captured image in which light, in the near-infrared region, has been detected to a predetermined color tone in the display.
A medical observation system comprising:
- a medical observation apparatus including
- first processing circuitry configured to generate a plurality of biological images by capturing images of an interior and exterior of a living body in a plurality of wavelength ranges;
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- an information processing apparatus including
- second processing circuitry configured to, based on surgical situation information concerning surgical characteristics at a time of observing the interior of the living body, select at least one of the plurality of biological images having different wavelength ranges or at least one of secondary images generated from the plurality of biological images, as a recommended image,
- wherein the plurality of biological images include a first captured image of the living body in a visible light region and a second captured image of the living body in a near-infrared region, and
- wherein the second processing circuitry is further configured to change a color tone of an area of the second captured image in which light, in the near-infrared region, has been detected to a predetermined color tone in the display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.