MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME, AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM

摘要

First RGB image signals are inputted. Color difference signals Cr and Cb are calculated from the first RGB image signals. In a feature space formed by the color difference signals Cr and Cb, a first process and a second process are performed. In the first process, coordinates which correspond to the first, second, and third observation areas are moved in a parallel manner such that the coordinates which correspond to the second observation area are moved to a reference area that contains the origin point. In the second process, the coordinates which correspond to the first observation area and the coordinates which correspond to the third observation area are moved away from each other.

主权项

1. A medical image processing device comprising:
an input processing unit for performing an input process of a first color image signal; a color information obtaining section for obtaining two or more pieces of color information from the first color image signal; and a first movement processor for moving coordinates within a feature space from first, second, and third observation areas so as to move the coordinates from a specific observation area to a reference area defined in the feature space and for moving the coordinates from the two observation areas, other than the specific observation area, out of the first to third observation areas, to be away from each other, the feature space being formed by the two or more pieces of color information, the specific observation area being one of the first to third observation areas, objects of interest being distributed in the first to third observation areas.