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Granted Patent B2
US 11,992,178 · App. 17/035,738 · Granted May 28, 2024

Image processing device, endoscope system, and image processing method

Inventors: Shumpei Kamon (Kanagawa, JP); Hirona Yumbe (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
A61B1/000096A61B1/00018A61B1/0002G06T7/0012G06T2207/10068G06T2207/30096
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Patent No.
US 11,992,178
App. No.
17/035,738
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing device, an endoscope system, and an image processing method capable of efficiently saving a moving image in which a lesion is shown. An image processing device according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a moving image acquisition unit that acquires an examination moving image by an endoscope, a report information acquisition unit that acquires report information on an examination corresponding to the examination moving image, the report information including at least one of subject information of a still image acquired in the examination or acquisition time information of the still image, a report information analysis unit that extracts at least one of subject information of a lesion image or acquisition time information of the lesion image from the report information, and a moving image saving unit that saves a lesion moving image, which is a moving image for a time range in which the lesion image is included in the examination moving image, on the basis of a result of the extraction.

Claims (33)

1. An image processing device comprising one or more processors configured to:

acquire an examination moving image by an endoscope in an examination;

acquire report information on the examination corresponding to the examination moving image, the report information including at least one of subject information of a still image acquired in the examination or acquisition time information of the still image;

extract at least one of subject information of a lesion image or acquisition time information of the lesion image from the report information; and

save a lesion moving image, which is a moving image for a time range in which the lesion image is included in the examination moving image, on the basis of a result of the extraction,

wherein the one or more processors determine whether to save the lesion moving image on the basis of the at least one of the extracted subject information of the lesion image or the extracted acquisition time information of the lesion image.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to acquire the report information including lesion information indicating whether the still image is the lesion image, and

extract the subject information and/or the acquisition time information of the lesion image on the basis of the lesion information.

3. The image processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to match the subject information included in the report information with the examination moving image to determine the time range in which the lesion image is included in the examination moving image, and

save the lesion moving image for the determined time range.

4. The image processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to extract the acquisition time information of the lesion image, and

save the examination moving image on the basis of the extracted acquisition time information.

5. The image processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to acquire acquisition time information input by a user as the acquisition time information of the still image, and

extract the acquisition time information as the acquisition time information of the lesion image.

6. The image processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to save each of time ranges in which different lesions are shown in the examination moving image as an independent moving image.

7. The image processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein in a case of saving the lesion moving image for the examination moving image, the one or more processors are further configured to save a small-capacity moving image having a smaller data capacity than the examination moving image by subjecting the examination moving image to processing for reducing a frame rate outside the time range and/or processing for reducing a resolution outside the time range.

8. An endoscope system comprising:

the image processing device according to claim 1 ;

an endoscope including an insertion part to be inserted into a subject and a hand operation part connected to a proximal end of the insertion part, the insertion part including a distal end rigid portion, a bendable portion connected to a proximal end of the distal end rigid portion, and a flexible portion connected to a proximal end of the bendable portion; and

an imaging optical system including an imaging lens that is provided in the distal end rigid portion to form an optical image of the subject, and an imaging element on which the optical image is formed by the imaging lens,

wherein the one or more processors acquire the examination moving image captured by the imaging optical system.

9. An image processing method comprising:

acquiring an examination moving image by an endoscope in an examination;

acquiring report information on the examination corresponding to the examination moving image, the report information including at least one of subject information of a still image acquired in the examination or acquisition time information of the still image;

extracting at least one of subject information of a lesion image or acquisition time information of the lesion image from the report information; and

saving a lesion moving image, which is a moving image for a time range in which the lesion image is included in the examination moving image, on the basis of a result of the extraction,

wherein, whether to save the lesion moving image is determined on the basis of the at least one of the extracted subject information of the lesion image or the extracted acquisition time information of the lesion image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2020
From: KAMON, SHUMPEI; YUMBE, HIRONA
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053968/0490 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-077661 · Apr 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019015134 · Apr 5, 2019
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