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Granted Patent B2
US 11,574,401 · App. 16/847,674 · Granted Feb 7, 2023

Medical image processing apparatus and endoscope apparatus

Inventor: Tatsuya Aoyama (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
G06T7/0012A61B1/0638A61B5/7275G06T2207/10068G06T2207/30096
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Patent No.
US 11,574,401
App. No.
16/847,674
Granted
Feb 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A medical image processing apparatus includes a medical image acquisition unit that acquires a medical image including a subject image, a first discrimination processing unit that performs a first discrimination process of detecting a lesion and discriminating a degree of progress of the detected lesion by using a first medical image captured using first illumination light having a specific spectrum, among the medical images, and a second discrimination processing unit that performs a second discrimination process of discriminating the degree of progress of the lesion by using a second medical image captured using second illumination light having a spectrum different from the first illumination light, among the medical images.

Claims (40)

1. An endoscope apparatus comprising:

a light source that emits a plurality of types of illumination light to a subject, the plurality of types of illumination light including a first illumination light, and a second illumination light with a spectrum different from the first illumination light;

an endoscope that captures a plurality of medical images of the subject, the plurality of medical images including a first medical image captured with the first illumination light and a second medical image captured with the second illumination light;

a processor configured to

acquire the plurality of medical images;

display a medical image for display on a display unit among the plurality of medical images,

perform a first discrimination process of detecting a lesion and discriminating a degree of progress of the detected lesion by using the first medical image; and

perform a second discrimination process of discriminating the degree of progress of the lesion by using the second medical image,

wherein the processor is further configured to display information indicating a position of the lesion detected by the first discrimination process and the degree of progress of the lesion discriminated by the second discrimination process so as to be superimposed on the medical image displayed on the display unit,

wherein the second medical image is captured using the second illumination light with more specific blue or specific violet than the first illumination light.

2. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage that stores a combination of the first illumination light and the second illumination light in advance.

3. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the combination of the first illumination light and the second illumination light is determined based on a type of the lesion detected in the first discrimination process or the degree of progress of the lesion detected in the first discrimination process.

4. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first medical image is captured using white light.

5. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first discrimination process detects an inflammatory bowel disease or a cancer as the lesion.

6. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein in a case where the first discrimination process detects ulcerative colitis as the lesion and discriminates a grade of an endoscopic finding classification as a degree of progress of the ulcerative colitis,

the second discrimination process is performed in a case where the grade of the ulcerative colitis is a specific grade.

7. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the second discrimination process outputs a discrimination result obtained by further subdividing the grade of the endoscopic finding classification.

8. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein in a case where the first discrimination process discriminates a grade of Mayo classification as the degree of progress of the ulcerative colitis,

the second discrimination process is not performed in a case where the degree of progress of the ulcerative colitis is grade 2 or grade 3, and performs the second discrimination process in a case where the degree of progress of the ulcerative colitis is grade 0 or grade 1.

9. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein in a case where the first discrimination process discriminates a grade of Matts classification as the degree of progress of the ulcerative colitis,

the second discrimination process is not performed in a case where the degree of progress of the ulcerative colitis is grade 3 or more, and performs the second discrimination process in a case where the degree of progress of the ulcerative colitis is grade 1 or grade 2.

10. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein in a case where the first discrimination process detects a cancer as the lesion,

the second discrimination process is not performed in a case where the lesion detected in the first discrimination process is not a cancer, and performs the second discrimination process in a case where the cancer is detected in the first discrimination process.

11. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 10 ,

wherein the second discrimination process outputs information related to prediction of a treatment effect as a discrimination result.

12. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second discrimination process is performed in a case where a type of the lesion detected in the first discrimination process is a specific type, or in a case where the lesion detected in the first discrimination process indicates a specific degree of progress.

13. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 12 ,

wherein in a case where the second discrimination process is performed, a result of the second discrimination process is output as a final discrimination result, and in a case where the second discrimination process is not performed, a result of the first discrimination process is output as a final discrimination result.

14. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first discrimination process and the second discrimination process are executed while the medical image for display is displayed on the display unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2020
From: AOYAMA, TATSUYA
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052436/0407 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-201333 · Oct 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018038496 · Oct 16, 2018
Related Publication 20200242764A1 · Jul 30, 2020
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