Medical image processing device, endoscope system, diagnosis support method, and program

An endoscope system comprising:

• an endoscope scope;
• at least one processor,
• wherein the at least one processor
• acquires an endoscopic image obtained by imaging an inside of a body using the endoscope scope,
• acquires site information indicating a site of an object shown in the endoscopic image, in a human body,
• detects a lesion from the endoscopic image to acquire lesion type information indicating a lesion type,
• determines presence or absence of a contradiction between the site information and the lesion type information,
• decides a report mode of the site information and the lesion type information on the basis of a determination result, and
• generates a report control signal for executing a report according to the decided report mode;
• and
• a memory,
• wherein in the memory, a table representing a correspondence relationship between a plurality of types of sites and lesion types for each site is stored, and
• the at least one processor determines presence or absence of the contradiction between the site information and the lesion type information by using the table.

A diagnosis support method performed by at least one processor and a memory, comprising:

• acquiring a medical image;
• acquiring site information indicating a site of an observation target included in the medical image, in a human body;
• detecting a lesion from the medical image to acquire lesion type information indicating a lesion type;
• determining presence or absence of a contradiction between the site information and the lesion type information;
• deciding a report mode of the site information and the lesion type information on the basis of a determination result;
• and displaying information on a display according to the decided report mode;
• and
• storing a table representing a correspondence relationship between a plurality of types of sites and lesion types for each site in the memory,
• wherein presence or absence of the contradiction between the site information and the lesion type information is determined by the at least one processor through using the table.

A non-transitory, computer-readable tangible recording medium which records computer instructions that, when read by a computer, cause the computer to realize:

• a function of acquiring a medical image;
• a function of acquiring site information indicating a site of an object shown in the medical image, in a human body;
• a function of detecting a lesion from the medical image to acquire lesion type information indicating a lesion type;
• a function of determining presence or absence of a contradiction between the site information and the lesion type information;
• a function of deciding a report mode of the site information and the lesion type information on the basis of a determination result;
• and
• a function of storing a table representing a correspondence relationship between a plurality of types of sites and lesion types for each site,
• wherein presence or absence of the contradiction between the site information and the lesion type information is determined by using the table.