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US 2022/0031147 A1Published application
Monitoring system and evaluation method for insertion operation of endoscope
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsKohei ARAKI, Kazuma YAMAGATA, Hiroaki KINOSHITA, Yoshinori KONDO, Takashi MIYAZAWA, Harutaka ADACHI, Kyoko NAGIRA
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Abstract
A monitoring system includes an endoscope shape detection apparatus configured to detect a shape of an insertion section of an endoscope and a movement detection apparatus configured to detect a movement of a hand that operates the endoscope.
Claims13
A monitoring system comprising:
- a shape detection apparatus configured to detect a shape of an insertion section of an endoscope;
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- a movement detection apparatus configured to detect a movement of a hand that operates the endoscope.
An evaluation method for insertion operation of an endoscope, comprising:
- detecting, with a shape detection apparatus, an insertion shape in a subject of an insertion section of the endoscope inserted into the subject;
- detecting, with a movement detection apparatus, at least one of a position or a posture, in a three-dimensional space, of a hand with which an operator operating the endoscope grips the insertion section;
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- calculating, with a processor, based on information outputted from the movement detection apparatus and concerning at least one of the position or the posture in the three-dimensional space of the hand, at least one parameter of a movement amount, moving speed, a turning angle, or turning speed of the hand and outputting, temporally in correlation with each other, the at least one parameter and information outputted from the shape detection apparatus and concerning the insertion shape of the insertion section.
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