Endoscopic examination support apparatus, endoscopic examination support method, and recording medium
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsTatsu Kimura, Takuma Igarashi
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Abstract
In the endoscopic examination support apparatus, the image acquisition means acquires an endoscopic video captured by an endoscope. The lesion detection means detects a lesion candidate from the endoscopic video. The heat map generation means generates a heat map indicating a possibility of lesion of the lesion candidate in the endoscopic video by a color. The display control means displays a position of a lesion on a frame of the endoscopic video based on the lesion candidate and the heat map.
Claims11
An endoscopic examination support apparatus comprising:
- a memory configured to store instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
- acquire an endoscopic video captured by an endoscope;
- generate a heat map indicating a possibility of lesion by a color, wherein the possibility of lesion is a possibility that an area in the endoscopic video is an area of lesion;
- display a set of indicators around the outside of the endoscopic video based on the heat map, wherein the set of indicators includes one indicator representing a longitude position of a lesion and another indicator representing a lateral position of the lesion;
- when displaying the position of a single lesion, display the set of indicators on one of left and right end of the frame and one of upper and lower end of the frame;
- and
- when displaying the position of multiple lesions, display the set of indicators on both left and right ends of the frame and both upper and lower ends of the frame.
An endoscopic examination support method comprising:
- acquiring an endoscopic video captured by an endoscope;
- generating a heat map indicating a possibility of lesion by a color, the possibility of lesion being a possibility of an area in the endoscopic video being an area of lesion;
- displaying a set of indicators around the outside of the endoscopic video based on the heat map, the set of indicators including one indicator representing a longitude position of a lesion and another indicator representing a lateral position of the lesion;
- when displaying the position of a single lesion, displaying the set of indicators on one of left and right end of the frame and one of upper and lower end of the frame;
- and
- when displaying the position of multiple lesions, displaying the set of indicators on both left and right ends of the frame and both upper and lower ends of the frame.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program, the program causing a computer to execute processing comprising:
- acquiring an endoscopic video captured by an endoscope;
- generating a heat map indicating a possibility of lesion by a color, the possibility of lesion being a possibility of an area in the endoscopic video being an area of lesion;
- displaying a set of indicators around the outside of the endoscopic video based on the heat map, the set of indicators including one indicator representing a longitude position of a lesion and another indicator representing a lateral position of the lesion;
- when displaying the position of a single lesion, displaying the set of indicators on one of left and right end of the frame and one of upper and lower end of the frame;
- and
- when displaying the position of multiple lesions, displaying the set of indicators on both left and right ends of the frame and both upper and lower ends of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.