Medical image processing system and endoscope system

1. A medical image processing system comprising:

a processor configured to:

acquire an observation image obtained by imaging an observation target;

calculate, based on the observation image, biological information included in the observation target;

calculate, based on the observation image, reliability regarding the biological information;

set, for a measurement value indicative of the biological information of a measurement target in the observation target, a reference value serving as a reference for the biological information by using the reliability;

calculate a difference value between the measurement value and the reference value and generate, based on the difference value, a difference image;

generate, based on the biological information, a biological information image that is an image indicative of the biological information;

set a reference value calculation region that is a target for calculating the reference value in the observation image or the biological information image;

calculate, based on the biological information included in the reference value calculation region, the reference value;

determine that the reference value is appropriately set in the reference value calculation region if a representative value of the reliability included in the reference value calculation region is greater than or equal to a region determination threshold and determine that the reference value is not appropriately set in the reference value calculation region if the representative value of the reliability included in the reference value calculation region is less than the region determination threshold; and

generate, if it is determined that the reference value is not accurately set in the reference value calculation region, an error for reporting that the reference value is not accurately calculated.

2. The medical image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to automatically set, based on the reliability, the reference value calculation region.

3. The medical image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to perform region setting prohibition control to prohibit setting of the reference value calculation region for a low reliability region where the reliability is less than a first reliability threshold in the observation image or the biological information image.

4. The medical image processing system according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the low reliability region on a display.

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

wherein the reference value is a representative value of the biological information included in the reference value calculation region.

6. A medical image processing system comprising:

a processor configured to:

acquire an observation image obtained by imaging an observation target;

calculate, based on the observation image, biological information included in the observation target;

calculate, based on the observation image, reliability regarding the biological information;

set, for a measurement value indicative of the biological information of a measurement target in the observation target, a reference value serving as a reference for the biological information by using the reliability;

calculate a difference value between the measurement value and the reference value and generate, based on the difference value, a difference image;

generate, based on the biological information, a biological information image that is an image indicative of the biological information;

set a reference value calculation region that is a target for calculating the reference value in the observation image or the biological information image;

calculate, based on the biological information included in the reference value calculation region, the reference value; and

multiply the biological information included in the reference value calculation region by a weighting factor based on the reliability and perform addition to calculate the reference value.

7. The medical image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to multiply the biological information by a weighting factor based on the reliability and perform addition to calculate the reference value.

8. The medical image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

set a plurality of high reliability regions in which the reliability is greater than or equal to each of second reliability thresholds, the second reliability thresholds being different from each other and set in advance; and

calculate candidate reference values serving as candidates for the reference value from the biological information included in the respective high reliability regions.

9. The medical image processing system according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the high reliability regions and the candidate reference values corresponding to the high reliability regions on a display; and

select the reference value from among the candidate reference values displayed on the display.

10. A medical image processing system comprising:

a processor configured to:

acquire an observation image obtained by imaging an observation target;

calculate, based on the observation image, biological information included in the observation target;

set, for a measurement value indicative of the biological information of a measurement target in the observation target, a reference value serving as a reference for the biological information;

calculate a difference value between the measurement value and the reference value and generate, based on the difference value, a difference image; and

calculate a frequency distribution of the biological information,

wherein the processor is further configured to calculate, based on a first region excluding distribution, the reference value, the first region excluding distribution excluding a first distribution region where reliability of the biological information is low in the frequency distribution of the biological information.

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

wherein processor is further configured to:

set a plurality of first region excluding distributions excluding a plurality of first distribution regions from the frequency distribution of the biological information, the first distribution regions being set where the reliability of the biological information is low in the frequency distribution of the biological information; and

calculate, based on the first region excluding distributions, candidate reference values serving as candidates for the reference value.

12. The medical image processing system according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the first region excluding distributions and the candidate reference values corresponding to the first region excluding distributions on a display; and

select the reference value from among the candidate reference values displayed on the display.

13. A medical image processing system comprising:

a processor configured to:

acquire observation images in a plurality of frames obtained by imaging an observation target in different frames;

calculate an arithmetic value through arithmetic processing based on the observation images in the plurality of frames and calculate, from the calculated arithmetic value, biological information included in the observation target;

set, for a measurement value indicative of the biological information of a measurement target in the observation target, a reference value serving as a reference for the biological information by using reliability of the biological information;

calculate a difference value between the measurement value and the reference value and generate, based on the difference value, a difference image; and

calculate a frequency distribution of the arithmetic value,

wherein the processor is further configured to use the arithmetic value as the reliability, and calculate, based on a second region excluding distribution, the reference value, the second region excluding distribution excluding a second distribution region having a specific arithmetic value in the frequency distribution of the arithmetic value.

14. The medical image processing system according to claim 13 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

set a plurality of second region excluding distributions excluding a plurality of second distribution regions from the frequency distribution of the arithmetic value, the second distribution regions being set and having the specific arithmetic value in the frequency distribution of the arithmetic value; and

calculate, based on the second region excluding distributions, candidate reference values serving as candidates for the reference value.

15. The medical image processing system according to claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the second region excluding distributions and the candidate reference values corresponding to the second region excluding distributions on a display; and

select the reference value from among the candidate reference values displayed on the display.

16. The medical image processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

set the reference value by using a user interface, and

wherein the reference value is adjusted by using the reliability.

17. The medical image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

set a region of the measurement target as a measurement target region in the observation image or the observation images or the biological information image; and

calculate, based on the biological information included in the measurement target region, the measurement value.

18. An endoscope system comprising:

a processor configured to:

obtain an observation image by imaging an observation target;

acquire the observation image obtained by imaging the observation target;

calculate, based on the observation image, biological information included in the observation target;

calculate, based on the observation image, reliability regarding the biological information;

set, for a measurement value indicative of the biological information of a measurement target in the observation target, a reference value serving as a reference for the biological information by using the reliability;

calculate a difference value between the measurement value and the reference value and generate, based on the difference value, a difference image;

generate, based on the biological information, a biological information image that is an image indicative of the biological information;

set a reference value calculation region that is a target for calculating the reference value in the observation image or the biological information image;

calculate, based on the biological information included in the reference value calculation region, the reference value;

determine that the reference value is appropriately set in the reference value calculation region if a representative value of the reliability included in the reference value calculation region is greater than or equal to a region determination threshold and determine that the reference value is not appropriately set in the reference value calculation region if the representative value of the reliability included in the reference value calculation region is less than the region determination threshold; and

generate, if it is determined that the reference value is not accurately set in the reference value calculation region, an error for reporting that the reference value is not accurately calculated.

19. An endoscope system comprising:

a processor configured to:

acquire an observation image obtained by imaging an observation target;

calculate, based on the observation image, biological information included in the observation target;

calculate, based on the observation image, reliability regarding the biological information;

set, for a measurement value indicative of the biological information of a measurement target in the observation target, a reference value serving as a reference for the biological information by using the reliability;

calculate a difference value between the measurement value and the reference value and generate, based on the difference value, a difference image;

generate, based on the biological information, a biological information image that is an image indicative of the biological information;

set a reference value calculation region that is a target for calculating the reference value in the observation image or the biological information image;

calculate, based on the biological information included in the reference value calculation region, the reference value; and

multiply the biological information included in the reference value calculation region by a weighting factor based on the reliability and perform addition to calculate the reference value.