# US 12,217,726 B2 · Medical image processing apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,217,726 B2 - Document ID: US12217726B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/523,831 - Filed: 2023-11-29 - Published: 2024-03-28 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-27 - Assignees: FUJIFILM Corporation - Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation - Inventors: Masaaki Oosake - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12217726B2 ## CPC - G09G 5/14: Display of multiple viewports - A61B 1/000094: {extracting biological structures} - A61B 1/0005: {combining images e.g. side-by-side, superimposed or tiled} - A61B 1/00055: {for alerting the user} - A61B 1/045: Control thereof - G06T 7/0012: {Biomedical image inspection} - G06V 10/25: Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI] - G09G 5/37: Details of the operation on graphic patterns (G09G5/38 takes precedence) - G16H 30/20: for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS - G16H 30/40: for processing medical images, e.g. editing - G06T 2207/30004: Biomedical image processing - G06V 2201/03: Recognition of patterns in medical or anatomical images - G09G 5/02: characterised by the way in which colour is displayed {(details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607)} - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G09G 2380/08: Biomedical applications - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## Abstract A medical image processing apparatus includes the following. A processor is configured to: acquire a medical image obtained by capturing an image of an observation target; detect a region of interest from the medical image; and cause a display to display report information and the medical image, the report information reporting that the region of interest has been detected. A screen displayed on the display has a first region in which the medical image is displayed, and a second region provided outside the first region. The second region is divided into four regions by using line segments passing through a center of the first region, and a detected location of the region of interest is reported by displaying the report information in one of the four regions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medical image processing apparatus comprising: one or more processors configured to: acquire a medical image obtained by capturing an image of an observation target; detect a region of interest that includes a lesion from the medical image; and cause a display to display report information and the medical image, the report information reporting that the region of interest has been detected, wherein a screen displayed on the display has a first region in which the medical image is displayed, and a second region provided outside the first region, and wherein the second region is divided into a plurality of regions by using line segments passing through a center of the first region, and a detected location of the region of interest is reported by displaying the report information in one of the plurality of regions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to superimpose a frame surrounding the region of interest on the medical image in the first region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to continue displaying the report information in the second region in a case where a detected state in which the region of interest is detected transitions to an undetected state in which the region of interest is not detected. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in a detected state in which the region of interest is detected, a display position of the report information is moved corresponding to change of the detected location of the region of interest. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where a detected state in which the region of interest is detected transitions to an undetected state in which the region of interest is not detected, the report information is displayed at a position corresponding to a most recent detected location of the region of interest without changing a display position of the report information, and a length of the report information is reduced over time. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second region is provided on a peripheral part of the first region. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a display position or a shape of the second region is changed depending on the detected location of the region of interest. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein colors of the plurality of regions of the second region are changed depending on the detected location of the region of interest. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a position of the one of the plurality of regions of the second region in which the report information is displayed corresponds to a position of the detected location of the region of interest in the first region. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors start displaying the report information after the region of interest has been detected. ### Claim 11 An endoscope system comprising: an endoscope apparatus; and a medical image processing apparatus including one or more processors configured to: acquire a medical image obtained by capturing an image of an observation target; detect a region of interest that includes a lesion from the medical image; and cause a display to display report information and the medical image, the report information reporting that the region of interest has been detected, wherein a screen displayed on the display has a first region in which the medical image is displayed, and a second region provided outside the first region, and wherein the second region is divided into a plurality of regions by using line segments passing through a center of the first region, and a detected location of the region of interest is reported by displaying the report information in one of the plurality of regions. ### Claim 12 A method of operating a medical image processing apparatus, comprising: acquiring a medical image obtained by capturing an image of an observation target; detecting a region of interest that includes a lesion from the medical image; and causing a display to display report information and the medical image, the report information reporting that the region of interest has been detected, wherein a screen displayed on the display has a first region in which the medical image is displayed, and a second region provided outside the first region, and wherein the second region is divided into a plurality of regions by using line segments passing through a center of the first region, and a detected location of the region of interest is reported by displaying the report information in one of the plurality of regions. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein colors of the plurality of regions of the second region are changed depending on the detected location of the region of interest. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein a position of the one of the plurality of regions of the second region in which the report information is displayed corresponds to a position of the detected location of the region of interest in the first region.