摘要 |
According to the present invention, to guide an endoscope to a target part in vivo with reliability on the basis of guide images corresponding to actual branch points, an endoscope insertion support system includes a VBS image capture unit for capturing VBS images stored in a VBS image storage unit, a navigation VBS video generation unit for generating a navigation VBS video serving as a series of navigation moving pictures to support the insertion of a bronchoscope into a bronchus on the basis of patient information entered from an input device, a navigation VBS video storage unit for storing the navigation VBS video, an image processing unit for performing various image processing operations, and a memory for temporarily storing registered navigation VBS frame images while the navigation VBS video is being generated.
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