Endoscope system, processor, diagnostic support method, and computer program

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PATENT NO 11842815
APP PUB NO 20220293268A1
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17632443

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Provided are an endoscope system, a processor, a diagnostic support method, and a computer program. A plurality of images are captured at different focal positions on an object, an evaluation value indicating a degree of focus is calculated for each of corresponding sub-regions among the plurality of captured images, a captured image including a sub-region having the highest degree of focus is determined among the plurality of captured images based on the calculated evaluation value, a distance to a region on the object corresponding to the sub-region is calculated, distance information is generated by calculating a distance to a plurality of regions on the object corresponding to the sub-region, a feature region is extracted from the captured image, diagnostic support information for the object is generated based on the distance information and a feature parameter associated with the feature region, and the generated diagnostic support information is output.

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HOYA CORPORATION6-10-1 NISHI-SHINJUKU SHINJUKU-KU TOKYO 160-8347

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Nishide, Akihiko Tokyo, JP 63 800

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