APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING SURGERY SUPPORT INFORMATION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately indicate that a part imaged by an endoscope corresponds to which part of a patient without using a new special endoscope.

SOLUTION: An apparatus 1 for displaying surgery support information includes: the endoscope 11; marker balls 12 positioned and fixed to the endoscope 11; a CT device 30 for acquiring information which indicates the shape of the patient 60; an imaging device 20 for imaging the surface of the patient 60 and the marker balls 12; a surface shape calculating part 43 for calculating information, which indicates the shape of the surface of the patient 60, from an image; a coordinate axis coincidence part 44 for matching the shape of the surface of the patient by the CT device 30 with the shape of the surface of the patient calculated based on the image; an endoscope optical axis calculating part 45 for calculating the coordinates of the marker balls 12, based on the image, and calculating a half line which indicates the imaging directional optical axis of the endoscope 11; an intersection point calculating part 46 for calculating intersection points between the half line and a surface constituting the inner part of the patient 60; and an output part 47 for superimposing the information which indicates shape of the patient 60 onto information which indicates the intersections, and outputting them.

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