NEC patent for endoscopic lesion detection using heat maps

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Endoscopic examination support apparatus, endoscopic examination support method, and recording medium

Grant US12593957B2 Kind: B2 Apr 07, 2026

Assignee

NEC CORPORATION

Inventors

Naoto Maeda, Takuma Igarashi, Masahiro Saikou, Kimiyasu Takoh, Yuko Maekawa

Abstract

In the endoscopic examination support apparatus, the video acquisition means acquires an endoscopic video captured by an endoscope. The lesion detection means detects a lesion candidate from the endoscopic video. The heat map generation means generates a heat map which represents a lesion possibility of the lesion candidate included in the endoscopic video by a color. The display control means superimposes and displays an area where the lesion possibility is equal to or higher than a first threshold on the endoscopic video in a first display mode, and superimposes and displays an area where the lesion possibility is equal to or higher than a second threshold on the endoscopic video in a second display mode.

CPC Classifications

A61B 1/000094 A61B 1/0005 A61B 1/045 G06T 7/0012 G06T 7/66 G06T 11/60 G06T 2207/10016 G06T 2207/10024 G06T 2207/10068 G06T 2207/20081 G06T 2207/20221 G06T 2207/30096 G06T 2210/41 G16H 30/40

Filing Date

2023-12-06

Application No.

18530375

Claims

7

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