Image processing device, endoscope system, image processing method, and program

An image processing device comprising a processor configured to:

• acquire a plurality of medical images saved in advance in a memory;
• acquire a medical image captured by an endoscope;
• calculate a degree of similarity between the medical image captured by the endoscope and the plurality of medical images saved in advance in the memory;
• and
• save the medical image captured by the endoscope in the memory in a case where the degree of similarity between the medical image captured by the endoscope and the plurality of medical images saved in advance in the memory is equal to or less than a prescribed threshold value.

An endoscope system comprising:

• an endoscope device that comprises an endoscope;
• and
• an image processing device,
• wherein the image processing device comprises a processor configured to:
• acquire a standard image saved in advance in a memory, and the standard image being selected from a plurality of medical images in which scenes of interests are unrecognized by a recognizer;
• acquire a medical image captured by an endoscope;
• calculate a degree of similarity between the medical image captured by the endoscope and the standard image saved in advance in the memory;
• save the medical image captured by the endoscope in the memory in a case where the degree of similarity between the standard image saved in advance in the memory and the medical image captured by the endoscope is equal to or greater than a prescribed threshold value.

An image processing method comprising:

• acquiring a standard image saved in advance in a memory, and the standard image being selected from a plurality of medical images in which scenes of interests are unrecognized by a recognizer;
• acquiring a medical image captured by an endoscope;
• calculating a degree of similarity between the medical image captured by the endoscope and standard image saved in advance in the memory;
• saving the medical image captured by the endoscope in the memory in a case where the degree of similarity between the standard image saved in advance in the memory and the medical image captured by the endoscope is equal to or greater than a prescribed threshold value.

A non-transitory, tangible computer readable recording medium that, in a case where a command stored in the recording medium is read by a computer, causes the computer to implement:

• acquiring a standard image saved in advance in a memory, and the standard image being selected from a plurality of medical images in which scenes of interests are unrecognized by a recognizer;
• acquiring a medical image captured by an endoscope;
• calculating a degree of similarity between the medical image captured by the endoscope and the standard image saved in advance in the memory;
• and
• saving the medical image captured by the endoscope in the memory in a case where the degree of similarity between the standard image saved in advance in the memory and the medical image captured by the endoscope is equal to or greater than a prescribed threshold value.