Endoscopic photographic device, endoscopic photographic method, and endoscopic photographic program

1 . An endoscopic photographic device comprising at least one processor,

wherein the processor

acquires an endoscopic image of a subject to be examined that is picked up by an endoscope inserted into a body of the subject to be examined,

searches for a similar endoscopic image, which has characteristics similar to characteristics of the acquired endoscopic image, from a plurality of diagnosed endoscopic images based on the characteristics of the acquired endoscopic image with reference to an external device in which the plurality of diagnosed endoscopic images and diagnosis logs about the respective diagnosed endoscopic images are stored, wherein position information indicating a position of a disease is included in a diagnosis log about the similar endoscopic image,

refers to the diagnosis log about the similar endoscopic image to specify the position information indicating the position of the disease,

uses the position information to specify a photographic position in the subject to be examined at which an image of the disease to be expected in the subject to be examined is picked up based on the position of the disease indicated by the position information, and

notifies of the specified photographic position for guiding movement of the endoscope.

2 . The endoscopic photographic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor specifies a current position of a distal end of the endoscope in the subject to be examined,

displays an image, which schematically shows an inside of the subject to be examined, and

superimposes a position of the distal end of the endoscope and the photographic position on the image schematically showing the inside of the subject to be examined to notify of the photographic position.

3 . The endoscopic photographic device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the processor further notifies of an index that indicates a moving direction of the distal end of the endoscope in a case where the distal end of the endoscope is moved into a predetermined range from the photographic position.

4 . The endoscopic photographic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor creates a diagnosis log in which an opinion about the acquired endoscopic image is described.

5 . The endoscopic photographic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor repeats acquisition of a new endoscopic image at the specified photographic position, search for a new similar endoscopic image based on the new endoscopic image, specification of a new photographic position, and notification of the new photographic position.

6 . The endoscopic photographic device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the processor repeats acquisition of a new endoscopic image at the specified photographic position, search for a new similar endoscopic image based on the new endoscopic image, specification of a new photographic position, notification of the new photographic position, and update of the diagnosis log based on an opinion about the new endoscopic image.

7 . The endoscopic photographic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor analyzes the endoscopic image to detect a disease included in the endoscopic image, and

searches for the diagnosed endoscopic image, which corresponds to the diagnosis log in which the same disease as the detected disease is described, as the similar endoscopic image.

8 . An endoscopic photographic method comprising:

acquiring an endoscopic image of a subject to be examined that is picked up by an endoscope inserted into a body of the subject to be examined;

searching for a similar endoscopic image, which has characteristics similar to characteristics of the acquired endoscopic image, from a plurality of diagnosed endoscopic images based on the characteristics of the acquired endoscopic image with reference to an external device in which the plurality of diagnosed endoscopic images and diagnosis logs about the respective diagnosed endoscopic images are stored, wherein position information indicating a position of a disease is included in a diagnosis log about the similar endoscopic image;

referring to the diagnosis log about the similar endoscopic image to specify the position information indicating the position of the disease;

using the position information to specify a photographic position in the subject to be examined at which an image of the disease to be expected in the subject to be examined is picked up based on the position of the disease indicated by the position information; and

notifying of the specified photographic position for guiding movement of the endoscope.

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores an endoscopic photographic program causing a computer to perform

a step of acquiring an endoscopic image of a subject to be examined that is picked up by an endoscope inserted into a body of the subject to be examined;

a step of searching for a similar endoscopic image, which has characteristics similar to characteristics of the acquired endoscopic image, from a plurality of diagnosed endoscopic images based on the characteristics of the acquired endoscopic image with reference to an external device in which the plurality of diagnosed endoscopic images and diagnosis logs about the respective diagnosed endoscopic images are stored, wherein position information indicating a position of a disease is included in a diagnosis log about the similar endoscopic image;

a step of referring to the diagnosis log about the similar endoscopic image to specify the position information indicating the position of the disease;

a step of using the position information to specify a photographic position in the subject to be examined at which an image of the disease to be expected in the subject to be examined is picked up based on the position of the disease indicated by the position information; and

a step of notifying of the specified photographic position for guiding movement of the endoscope.