内視鏡ナビゲーションシステムの作動方法,及び,内視鏡ナビゲーションシステム

Tsung Chun Lee (Inventor), Syu-Jyun Peng (Inventor), HSUAN TING CHANG (Inventor), Hsiu Po Wang (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

An endoscopic navigation method includes the steps of: receiving an image from an endoscopic navigation system; performing image classification to determined whether the image is usable; performing a first image process on the image to filter out dark areas of the image to produce a first processed image; performing a first determination procedure to identify the dark areas of the first processed image; producing a first result image for indicating lumen direction; performing a second image process to filter out fold curves of the image to produce a second processed image when there is no dark area in the image; performing a second determination procedure to identify the fold curves of the second processed image; producing a second result image for indicating lumen direction according to the fold curves; and outputting the first or the second result image to a display device to assist users in operating the photographic device.
Original languageOther
Patent numberJP5599687B2
IPCA61B 1/00(2006.01); A61B 1/04(2006.01)
Publication statusPublished - Oct 1 2014

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