Endoscope image processing device

An image processing device to facilitate an endoscopic procedure using an endoscope having an image sensor configured to generate images, the image processing device comprising:

• a housing;
• and
• a processing circuit in the housing, the processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory comprising a neural network model and proximity suppression logic, the neural network model comprising a single-pass neural network model trained with training images corresponding to the endoscopic procedure and defining anatomic references observable in the training images, the processor being configured to process the neural network model and the proximity suppression logic,
• wherein the neural network model is configured to process the images, to detect the anatomic references in the images, and to output a set of anatomic references including identifiers and confidence values representing the likelihoods that the anatomic reference identifiers are correct, and
• wherein the proximity suppression logic is configured to change the confidence values of the anatomic references in the set of anatomic references based on a prior position of the endoscope to identify an anatomic reference indicative of the current position of the endoscope.