SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMOKE DETECTION DURING ANATOMICAL SURGERY

摘要

Various aspects of a system and method for smoke detection during an anatomical surgery are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, the method is implementable in a surgical scene analysis engine, which is communicatively coupled to an image-capturing device that captures one or more video frames. The method includes the estimation of a partially visible region in a current video frame, based on a temporal difference between the current video frame and a previous video frame from the one or more video frames. Thereafter, one or more candidate pixels are detected in the estimated partially visible region in the current video frame. Further, a smoke region is determined in the partially visible region, based on pruning of one or more candidate pixels.

主权项

1. A system for smoke detection during an anatomical surgery, said system comprising:
one or more circuits in an image processing engine communicatively coupled to an image-capturing device, wherein said image-capturing device is configured to capture one or more video frames, said one or more circuits being configured to:
estimate a partially visible region in a current video frame based on a temporal difference between said current video frame and a previous video frame received from said image-capturing device;detect one or more candidate pixels in said estimated partially visible region in said current video frame; anddetermine a smoke region in said partially visible region based on pruning of said detected one or more candidate pixels.