WO2013042396A1 - 医療機器 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a medical device, and more particularly, to a medical device that processes an image signal of a return light of light irradiated on a living tissue.
- an endoscope apparatus has an insertion part, inserts the insertion part into a subject, and monitors an image of a living tissue obtained by imaging with an imaging device provided at the distal end of the insertion part. It is a medical device that is used for diagnosis and the like.
- the endoscope apparatus irradiates a living tissue with illumination light having a wavelength in a predetermined band as well as a white light observation mode in which a living tissue is irradiated with white light to observe an image of reflected light from the living tissue, that is, a normal light observation mode. Some of them also have a special light observation mode for observing an image of the return light from the living tissue.
- the narrow-band light observation mode as one of the special light observation modes is a mode for observing, for example, a blood vessel image and a fine structure of the mucous membrane with high contrast.
- the special light observation mode also includes a fluorescence observation mode in which the living tissue is irradiated with excitation light of narrow band light and the fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent substance in the living tissue is imaged.
- the image obtained in the special light observation mode may include an object other than the living tissue. Examples of objects other than living tissue include residues (residue, intestinal fluid, bile, etc.).
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-8230 discloses blood, residue attached to a living tissue in fluorescence observation. Techniques have been proposed for identifying and processing regions of disturbing factors such as. Furthermore, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-79568 discloses that in the fluorescence observation, the disturbing area is different from other areas so that the area of the disturbing factor such as blood and residue adhering to the living tissue is not mistaken for the lesion tissue. A technique for performing the process is proposed. Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2007-125245 discloses a technique for changing the display form of a fluorescent image portion due to residues in fluorescent observation so that the fluorescent image can be identified on the fluorescent image.
- the dispersed blue pigment when the blue pigment is dispersed on the living tissue, the dispersed blue pigment may be reproduced from green to blue-green on the narrow band image.
- the narrow-band light observation mode relatively thick blood vessels that travel deep in the mucosa are also reproduced from green to blue-green. If you do, you may feel uncomfortable.
- the person who sees the image feels uncomfortable with the image because the object other than the living tissue is different from the color tone expressed in the white light mode in the image displayed under the special light observation mode.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and a color tone similar to the color of an image displayed in a white light observation mode on an object other than a living tissue under a special light observation image mode.
- the purpose is to provide a medical device to be displayed.
- a medical device includes an image signal generation unit configured to generate an image signal of normal light and an image signal of special light from an output of an imaging unit that captures a return light of light irradiated onto a living tissue by an illumination unit.
- a color discriminating unit that discriminates a color for each pixel with respect to the image signal of the special light, and a color of an observation target other than the living tissue based on the discrimination result of the color discriminating unit in the observation mode using the special light.
- color correction means for performing color correction so as to be similar to the color in the observation mode using the normal light is provided.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing color discrimination and color correction processing performed for each pixel in the color discrimination circuit 47 and the color correction circuit according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the spectral characteristic of the filter 25A for narrow bands concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention, and the reflectance of a target object. It is a figure for demonstrating the color space discriminate
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an endoscope apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment.
- an endoscope apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment includes an electronic endoscope (hereinafter simply referred to as an endoscope) 2 that is inserted into a body cavity and performs endoscopic examination, and the endoscope.
- a light source device 3 for supplying illumination light to the mirror 2.
- this endoscope apparatus 1 which is a medical device drives an image pickup unit incorporated in the endoscope 2 and is a video as an endoscope video signal processing apparatus that performs signal processing on an output signal of the image pickup unit.
- a processor 5 hereinafter referred to as a processor) 4 and a monitor 5 that displays an image obtained by performing signal processing on the captured image captured by the imaging unit as an endoscopic image by inputting a video signal output from the processor 4.
- the endoscope 2 includes an ID generation unit 6 that generates identification information (ID) unique to the endoscope 2, an elongated insertion unit 7, an operation unit 8 provided at the rear end of the insertion unit 7,
- ID identification information
- the light guide connector 10 at one end of the universal cable 9 is detachably connected to the light source device 3 and has a signal at the other end.
- the connector 10a is detachably connected to the processor 4 that is also a medical device.
- a light guide 11 that transmits illumination light is inserted into the insertion portion 7, and the light guide connector 10 at the end on the near side of the light guide 11 is connected to the light source device 3, thereby illuminating the light source device 3. Light is supplied to the light guide 11.
- the light source device 3 generates white illumination light that covers a visible wavelength region as illumination light and supplies it to the light guide 11 in the observation mode (hereinafter referred to as white light observation mode) using normal light that is white light.
- white light observation mode In a narrow-band light observation mode that is an observation mode using light, illumination light of a predetermined narrow band is generated as illumination light and supplied to the light guide 11.
- An instruction to switch between the white light observation mode and the narrow band light observation mode can be given by, for example, the mode change switch 12 such as a scope switch provided in the operation unit 8 of the endoscope 2.
- the mode change switch 12 may be constituted by a foot switch, or a mode change switch may be provided on the front panel of the processor 4. You may comprise with the keyboard which does not.
- a switching signal by the mode switch 12 is input to a control circuit (described later) in the processor 4. When the switching signal is input, the control circuit controls a filter insertion / removal mechanism (described later) of the light source device 3.
- the white illumination light and the narrow-band illumination light are selectively switched.
- an illumination lens 14 constituting illumination means attached to the illumination window is provided at the distal end portion 13 of the insertion portion 7. Illumination light from the light source device 3 is transmitted to the distal end surface via the light guide 11, emitted to the outside through the illumination lens 14 provided at the distal end portion 12 of the insertion portion 7, and a living body such as an affected part in the body cavity. Illuminate the surface of the tissue.
- the light source device 4, the light guide 11, and the like constitute an illuminating unit that irradiates normal light and special light in a switchable manner.
- the distal end portion 13 is provided with an observation window adjacent to the illumination window, and an objective lens 15 is attached to the observation window.
- the objective lens 15 forms an optical image by reflected light from the living tissue.
- a CCD 16 is disposed as a solid-state imaging device constituting the imaging means, and light passing through the objective lens 15 is photoelectrically converted by the CCD 16.
- a color separation filter 17 that optically separates colors is provided on the imaging surface of the CCD 16, and a complementary color system color filter, for example, is attached to the color separation filter 17 for each pixel.
- This complementary color filter has four color chips of magenta (Mg), green (G), cyan (Cy), and yellow (Ye) in front of each pixel. Alternatingly arranged in the vertical direction, Mg, Cy, Mg, Ye and G, Ye, G, Cy are arranged in the order of arrangement.
- the light source device 3 includes a lamp 20 that generates illumination light, and the lamp 20 generates illumination light including a visible wavelength region.
- the illumination light is incident on the diaphragm 22 after the infrared light is cut by the infrared cut filter 21 so that the illumination light is close to the wavelength band of substantially white light.
- the aperture of the diaphragm 22 is adjusted by a diaphragm driving circuit 23 and the amount of light passing therethrough is controlled.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of spectral characteristics of the narrowband filter 25.
- the narrowband filter 25 exhibits bimodal filter characteristics, and has narrowband transmission filter characteristics portions Ga and Ba, for example, in each of the green and blue wavelength regions. More specifically, the narrow band transmission filter characteristic portions Ga and Ba have band pass characteristics with center wavelengths of 540 nm and 415 nm, respectively, and a half width of 20 to 40 nm.
- the narrow band filter 25 when the narrow band filter 25 is disposed in the illumination optical path, the two bands of narrow band illumination light that has passed through the narrow band transmission filter characteristic portions Ga and Ba are incident on the light guide 11. On the other hand, when the narrow band filter 24 is not arranged in the illumination optical path, broadband white light is supplied to the light guide 11.
- the processor 4 is an endoscope processor for processing an endoscopic image, and includes a control circuit 31 and various circuits, and main circuits among the various circuits operate under the control of the control circuit.
- the control circuit 31 also performs control for switching characteristics of the signal processing system in the processor 4 in conjunction with switching control of illumination light supplied from the light source device 3 to the light guide 13. Therefore, the processor 4 can perform signal processing suitable for the observation modes of the white light mode and the narrow band light mode by switching the characteristics of the signal processing system by the switching operation by the mode selector switch 12.
- the CCD 16 is connected to one end of a signal line.
- the CCD 16 is connected to the CCD drive circuit 32 and the CDS circuit 33 in the processor 4. Is done.
- the ID signal of the ID generating unit 6 that generates unique identification information (ID) of the endoscope 2 is input to the control circuit 31, and the control circuit 31 is connected to the processor 4 by the received ID signal.
- the type of the endoscope 2 and the number and type of pixels of the CCD 16 built in the endoscope 2 are identified.
- the control circuit 31 controls the CCD drive circuit 32 so as to appropriately drive the CCD 16 of the identified endoscope 2.
- the CCD 16 outputs the imaging signal photoelectrically converted by applying the CCD drive signal from the CCD drive circuit 32 to the CDS circuit 33 that performs correlated double sampling.
- a signal obtained by extracting a signal component from the image pickup signal by the CDS circuit 33 and converting it into a baseband signal is input to the A / D conversion circuit 34, converted into a digital signal, and input to the brightness detection circuit 35. Then, brightness (average luminance of the signal) is detected.
- the brightness signal detected by the brightness detection circuit 35 is input to the dimming circuit 36, and a dimming signal for dimming is generated based on a difference from the reference brightness (target dimming value).
- the dimming signal from the dimming circuit 36 is input to the aperture driving circuit 23, and the aperture driving circuit 23 adjusts the aperture amount of the aperture 22 so that the brightness of the generated image becomes the reference brightness. To do.
- the digital signal output from the A / D conversion circuit 34 is input to the Y / C separation circuit 37.
- the Y / C separation circuit 37 detects the luminance signal Y and the line-sequential color difference (as the color signal C in a broad sense). Signals Cr and Cb are generated.
- the CCD 16 using a complementary color filter as the color separation filter 17 two columns of pixels adjacent in the vertical direction are added and sequentially read out. At this time, the columns of pixels are shifted and read out in the odd field and the even field. To do.
- the signal read from the CCD 16 is input to the Y / C separation circuit 37, and a luminance signal and a color difference signal are generated for each pixel as is well known.
- the Y / C separation circuit 37 forms a color separation means. Therefore, the luminance signal Y as an output signal of the Y / C separation circuit 37 corresponds to a luminance signal, and the color difference signals Cr and Cb correspond to color difference signals.
- the luminance signal Y is input to a ⁇ (gamma) circuit 38 and to a first low-pass filter (hereinafter abbreviated as LPF) 39a that limits the pass band of the signal.
- LPF 39a is set to a wide pass band corresponding to the luminance signal Y, and the luminance signal Yl of the band set by the pass band characteristic of the LPF 39a is input to the first matrix circuit 40 as color conversion means.
- the color difference signals Cr and Cb are input to a synchronization circuit 41 that synchronizes line-sequential color difference signals via a second LPF 39b that limits the passband of the signal.
- the characteristics of the pass band of the second LPF 39b are changed by the control circuit 31 in accordance with the observation mode.
- the second LPF 39b is set to a lower band than the first LPF 39a. That is, in the white light observation mode, it is set to perform signal processing conforming to a standard video signal standard.
- the second LPF 39b is changed to a band wider than the low band in the white light observation mode.
- the second LPF 39b is set or changed to a wide band in substantially the same manner as the first LPF 39a.
- the second LPF 39b forms processing characteristic changing means for changing the processing characteristic for limiting the pass band for the color difference signals Cr and Cb in conjunction with the switching of the observation mode.
- the green imaged under the green (G) illumination light close to the running state of the capillaries and the luminance signal by the narrow band transmission filter characteristic unit Ga By widening the signal pass band characteristics of the second LPF 39b, the green imaged under the green (G) illumination light close to the running state of the capillaries and the luminance signal by the narrow band transmission filter characteristic unit Ga.
- the resolution (resolution) of the blood vessel running state close to the vicinity of the surface layer obtained by the color signal (G) can be improved, and an image with good image quality that is easy to diagnose can be obtained.
- the synchronization circuit 41 generates the synchronized color difference signals Cr and Cb, and the color difference signals Cr and Cb are input to the first matrix circuit 40 as color conversion means.
- the first matrix circuit 40 is a circuit that converts the luminance signal Yl and the color difference signals Cr and Cb to the three primary color signals R1, G1, and B1, and outputs the three primary color signals R1, G1, and B1. Is input to the ⁇ circuit 42 that performs the above. An image signal obtained by irradiating narrowband light with a center wavelength of 540 nm is assigned to the signals R1 and G1 in the three primary color signals, and narrowband light with a center wavelength of 415 nm is assigned to the signal B1 in the three primary color signals. An image signal obtained by irradiating is assigned.
- the first matrix circuit 40 is controlled by the control circuit 31 to change or change the matrix coefficient value for determining the conversion characteristic in accordance with the sensitivity characteristic of the CCD 16, the characteristic of the color separation filter 17, and the characteristic of the narrowband filter 25. Switch. Then, the first matrix circuit 40 converts the input signal into three primary color signals R1, G1, and B1 with no color mixture or almost no color mixture.
- the spectral sensitivity of the CCD 16 mounted on the endoscope 2 and the characteristics of the color separation filter 17 may be different.
- the matrix coefficients to be converted into the three primary color signals R1, G1, and B1 are changed by the first matrix circuit 40 in accordance with the spectral sensitivity of the CCD 16 and the characteristics of the color separation filter 17 that are actually used.
- the control circuit 31 includes a memory 31a as a storage unit that stores data of various tables for reference to be referred to in order to set matrix coefficients by the first matrix circuit 40, a second matrix circuit, and a third matrix circuit described later.
- the ⁇ circuit 42 is also controlled by the control circuit 31. Specifically, in the narrow-band light observation mode, the ⁇ characteristics are changed to emphasize the ⁇ correction characteristics than in the white light observation mode. As a result, the contrast on the low signal level side is enhanced, and the display characteristics are more easily identified.
- the three primary color signals R2, G2, and B2 that have been ⁇ -corrected by the ⁇ circuit 42 are input to a second matrix circuit 43 that constitutes color conversion means.
- the second matrix circuit 43 converts the three primary color signals R2, G2, and B2 into color difference signals RY and BY according to the following (Equation 1) and outputs them.
- the matrix Mat1 of (Expression 1) is expressed as, for example, (Expression 2).
- the second matrix circuit 43 employs, for example, a matrix coefficient fixed to a fixed value regardless of switching of the observation mode.
- the luminance signal Y input to the ⁇ (gamma) circuit 38 is gamma-corrected, and the gamma-corrected luminance signal Yh is input to the enlargement circuit 44.
- the color difference signals RY and BY output from the second matrix circuit 43 are input to the enlargement circuit 44 that performs enlargement processing together with the luminance signal Yh.
- the luminance signal Yh subjected to enlargement processing (and necessary interpolation processing) by the enlargement circuit 44 is subjected to edge enhancement by the enhancement circuit 45 and then input to the third matrix circuit 46.
- the color difference signals RY and BY that have been enlarged by the enlargement circuit 44 are input to the third matrix circuit 46 without passing through the enhancement circuit 45.
- the luminance signal Yh and the color difference signals RY, BY are converted into the three primary color signals Rin, Gin, Bin by the third matrix circuit 46 as color separation means. That is, the third matrix circuit 46 generates the three primary color signals Rin, Gin, Bin from the luminance signal Yh and the color difference signals RY, BY.
- the third matrix circuit 46 uses the luminance signal Yh and the color difference signals RY, BY to generate the three primary color signals Rin, R so as to generate a normal image irradiated with normal light, that is, white light. Gin and Bin are generated.
- the third matrix circuit 46 assigns an image signal based on illumination of narrow-band light having a center wavelength of 540 nm to the signal Rin so that the blood vessel image and the fine structure of the mucous membrane can be observed with good contrast.
- the image signal based on the illumination of the narrow band light having the center wavelength of 415 nm is assigned to the signal Bin and the signal Gin and output.
- the conversion from the luminance signal Yh and the color difference signals RY, BY to the three primary color signals Rin, Gin, Bin by the third matrix circuit 46 is based on the following (Equation 4).
- the matrix Mat2 in (Expression 4) is a matrix for conversion from the luminance signal Yh and the color difference signals RY, BY to the three primary color signals R, G, B. Specifically, the matrix ( It is expressed as 3).
- the matrix Mat3 in (Expression 4) is a matrix for generating the reproduction color of the living tissue from the three primary color signals R, G, and B. For example, in the NBI mode, it is (Expression 5), and in the white light observation mode. Is represented by a unit matrix of 3 rows and 3 columns.
- the matrix Mat3 assigns an image signal based on illumination of narrow band light having a center wavelength of 540 nm to the signal Rin output from the third matrix circuit 46, and the signals Gin and Bin have a narrow center wavelength of 415 nm. An image signal based on the illumination of the band light is assigned.
- the output of the third matrix circuit 46 is output to the monitor 5 as it is, objects other than living tissue such as residues and intestinal fluid that are reproduced in yellow in the white light observation mode are displayed in a bright red color.
- the color discrimination circuit 47 and the color conversion circuit 48 By processing by the color discrimination circuit 47 and the color conversion circuit 48, such an object other than the living tissue is displayed in a color tone similar to the color displayed in the white light observation mode.
- the Y / C separation circuit 37, the first to third matrix circuits 40, 43, and 46 of the processor 4 described above return the light irradiated on the living tissue by the illumination light from the light source device 4 that is an illumination means.
- An image signal generating means for generating an image signal of normal light and an image signal of special light from the output of the CCD 16 for imaging light is configured.
- the output of the third matrix circuit 46 is input to the color discrimination circuit 47.
- the color determination circuit 47 refers to the table TBL according to the luminance levels of the signals Rin, Gin, and Bin input from the third matrix circuit 46 to determine which hue region is included for each pixel.
- the table TBL may be built in the color discrimination circuit 47 or stored in the memory 31a of the control circuit 31 so that the color discrimination circuit 47 can refer to the table TBL.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a table TBL that stores hue regions discriminated by the color discriminating circuit 47 and discrimination criteria thereof.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the color space discriminated by the color discriminating circuit 47 and its color correction processing.
- the table TBL shown in FIG. 3 is a table for defining ten hue regions based on the magnitude relationship of the R signal, the G signal, and the B signal.
- the table TBL includes information on the magnitude relationship between the RGB luminance levels and the correspondence relationship between the hue regions when the relationship is satisfied.
- each pixel has 10 hue regions (1A), (1B), (2A), (2B), (3), (4A), (4B), (5A), ( Whether it belongs to either 5B) or (6) is determined.
- the color axis set radially from the center point of the color space shown in FIG. 4 indicates the magnitude of saturation (hereinafter, also referred to as color saturation or simply saturation, indicated by the symbol “sat”). It shows that the color saturation is higher toward the outer side of the color circle. Further, the circumferential direction of the color space indicates a hue (hereinafter, indicated by a symbol “hue”).
- the color space shown in FIG. 4 has four color axes on six reference color axes C (cyan), B (blue), M (magenta), R (red), Y (yellow), and G (green). It has 10 color axes including GC, BC, RM, and RY.
- the color axis GC is set between the reference color axes G and C
- the color axis BC is set between the reference color axes B and C
- the color axis RM is set between the reference color axes R and M.
- the color axis RY is set between the reference color axes R and Y.
- the hue regions divided by the ten color axes are identified in FIG.
- the color determination circuit 47 determines, for each pixel, which hue region in FIG. 4 belongs to each pixel based on the table TBL. Therefore, the color determination circuit 47 determines the hue for each pixel in accordance with the luminance level of the special light image signal.
- an object reproduced in yellow under the white light observation mode is reproduced with a red color tone having high brightness and saturation at the output of the third matrix circuit 47 under the narrow band light observation mode.
- the color correction circuit 48 performs color correction on the pixels determined to belong to the hue regions 2A and 1B.
- a pixel determined to belong to the hue area 1B or a pixel determined to belong to the hue area 2A is corrected in the direction of the color axis Y. That is, when the color determination circuit 47 determines that the observation target other than the living tissue is a red color tone, the color correction circuit 48 performs color correction to a yellow color tone.
- an object that is reproduced in blue under the white light observation mode is green, which has high brightness and saturation at the output of the third matrix circuit 46 under the conventional narrow band light observation mode. Alternatively, it is reproduced in a blue-green color tone.
- the color correction circuit 48 also performs color correction on the pixels determined to belong to the hue regions 4A to 4B and 5A.
- the pixels determined to belong to the hue regions 5A to 4B or the pixels determined to belong to the hue region 4A are corrected in the direction of the color axis B. That is, when the color discrimination circuit 47 discriminates the observation target other than the living tissue from the green tone or the blue-green tone, the color correction circuit 48 performs the color correction to the blue tone.
- the color discriminating circuit 47 constitutes a color discriminating unit that discriminates the color for each pixel with respect to the special light image signal.
- the color discrimination circuit 47 constitutes color discrimination means for discriminating the color for each pixel with respect to the special light image signal and discriminating whether the observation target is other than the living tissue.
- the color correction circuit 48 is similar to the color in the observation mode using the normal light with respect to the color of the observation target other than the living tissue based on the determination result of the color determination circuit 47 in the observation mode using the special light.
- the color correction means for performing color correction is configured.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing color discrimination and color correction processing performed for each pixel in the color discrimination circuit 47 and the color correction circuit 48.
- the color correction processing will be described using an example using a method disclosed in International Publication No. WO 2010/044432, for example.
- the color discriminating circuit 47 based on the signals Rin, Gin, and Bin of each pixel input from the third matrix circuit 46, it is discriminated whether or not the pixel belongs to the hue area by referring to the table TBL. (S1).
- the color correction circuit 48 it is determined from the determination result of the color determination circuit 47 whether or not the pixel is a pixel in the hue area to be corrected (S2), and the pixel is the hue to be corrected. When the pixel is in the region (S2: YES), the color correction circuit 48 performs predetermined color correction (S3). When the pixel is not a pixel in the hue area to be corrected (S2: NO), the color correction circuit 48 does not perform predetermined color correction.
- the hue regions for which the color correction is performed are the hue regions 2A, 1B, 4A, 4B, and 5A among the ten hue regions.
- the color correction circuit 48 performs pixel color correction from the following (Equation 6), and outputs corrected signals Rout, Gout, and Bout of the pixel.
- correction coefficients p sat , p hue , c sat , and c hue are calculated from the following (Equation 7), and correction coefficients R ⁇ a1 , G ⁇ a1 , B ⁇ a1 , R ⁇ a2 , G ⁇ a2 , B- a2 is a fixed value.
- coefficients d p and d c are variables calculated based on the pixel value of the pixel, and coefficients K sat1 , K hue1 , K sat2 , and K hue2 are the positions of the color signals of the pixel. This is a correction coefficient for the hue area to be fixed and is a fixed value.
- the correction coefficients K sat1 , K hue1 , K sat2 , and K hue2 are coefficients that determine the amount of movement or conversion in the color space. That is, the correction coefficients K sat1 , K hue1 , K sat2 , and K hue2 determine the amount by which the pixels of the hue regions 2A, 1B, 4A, 4B, and 5A that are to be subjected to color correction are moved and rotated in the color space, respectively.
- correction coefficients K sat1 , K hue1 , K sat2 , and K hue2 for the hue areas 1B and 2A, for the hue areas 4B and 5A, and for the hue areas 4A and 3, and the color signal of the pixel is It is selected according to the hue area located.
- the process shown in FIG. 5 is performed for each pixel. As described above, the object that appears in yellow color under the white light observation such as residue belonging to the hue regions 1B and 2A is rotated in the color space in the color space by the discrimination circuit 47 and the color correction circuit 48. (I.e., color correction is performed), it is displayed on the monitor 5 in yellow or orange.
- the surgeon can see an object other than the living tissue in a color tone similar to the color of the image displayed in the white light mode under the narrow-band light observation mode.
- the residue is not visible in a bright red color and the blue pigment is not visible in green to blue-green color, the surgeon may mistakenly recognize such an object other than the living tissue instantaneously or narrow band. There will be no feeling of strangeness in the image in the light observation mode. As a result, the surgeon can smoothly perform, for example, an examination using an endoscope.
- the correction coefficients K sat1 , K hue1 , K sat2 , and K hue2 are fixed values, but may be variables.
- the correction coefficients K sat1 , K hue1 , K sat2 , and K hue2 may be changed based on the signals R1, G1, and B1 output from the first matrix circuit 42.
- ⁇ 1 is calculated from the signals R1, G1, and B1 output from the first matrix circuit 42 by the following (Equation 8).
- ⁇ 1 is a value proportional to the difference between the signals G1 and B1 (or the difference between the signals R1 and B1). Accordingly, the correction coefficients K sat1 , K hue1 , K sat2 , and K hue2 are changed in proportion to this ⁇ 1. As a result, since the saturation is high when the difference between the signals G1 and B1 is large, the correction coefficients K sat1 , K hue1 , K sat2 , and K hue2 are changed so as to correct the movement amount in the color space to a greater extent. Is done. In other words, the color correction circuit 48 dynamically changes the correction parameter in the color correction process according to the luminance level of the image signal of the special light from the CCD 16 for the color of the observation target other than the living tissue.
- the color of the pixel is corrected to be bluer, and when the saturation of red is high, the color of the pixel is more yellow. It is corrected so that
- the light source device 3 emits white light in the white light observation mode, and emits predetermined narrow band light in the narrow band light observation mode, and the return light is received by the image sensor.
- the light source device as the illumination unit emits only normal light that is white light, and in the narrow-band light observation mode, the light source device uses special light by a known so-called spectral estimation process. An image signal corresponding to the return light of a certain narrow band light may be generated.
- spectral estimation processing for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-93336, an electronic endoscope that obtains image information of a living tissue by performing signal processing on an image signal by illumination light in a visible light region to generate a discrete spectral image. An apparatus is disclosed.
- the light source device 3 in FIG. 1 does not need the narrowband filter 25 and the filter insertion / removal mechanism 24, and the circuit unit SP in the range indicated by the dotted line includes a processing unit that performs spectral estimation processing.
- the circuit unit SP is configured by a CPU, a DSP, or the like.
- the spectral estimation process is performed after the conversion process from the complementary color system to the primary color system.
- the configuration and processing contents other than the circuit unit SP are the same as the configuration and processing in the example described above. Therefore, a signal of return light of discrete narrow band light may be generated using such spectral estimation processing.
- the color discrimination circuit performs color discrimination based on the RGB color system, but the CIEL * a * b * (Elster / Aster / Bister) color system, LUT color system, etc. Color discrimination may be performed based on another color system. For example, color discrimination can also be performed using the hue angle ⁇ in the CIEL * a * b * color system, which is one of UCS (Uniform Color Space).
- a plurality of hue regions are defined based on a range of hue angles, and each pixel is placed in a predetermined region in the plurality of defined hue regions. Whether it belongs or not is determined, and the color correction as described above is performed. For example, the color correction process is performed only for pixels whose hue angle of the L * a * b * color system falls within the range of ⁇ 45 degrees to 45 degrees.
- color discrimination may be performed based on the hue angle ⁇ and the saturation (distance OC from the origin).
- a plurality of hue regions are defined based on the hue angle range and the saturation value, and each pixel has a plurality of defined hue regions. It is determined whether or not it belongs to a predetermined area, and the color correction as described above is performed.
- the color correction circuit 48 performs the 10-axis color correction as shown in the above (Expression 6) and (Expression 7), but the L * a * b * color system is used.
- the matrix using the following (Equation 9) for the signals Rin, Gin, and Bin output from the third matrix circuit 46 determined as described above, which are objects other than the living tissue. Color correction may be performed by calculation.
- the matrix Mat4 in (Expression 9) is represented by a 3 ⁇ 3 matrix such as (Expression 10), for example.
- the elements m21 and m22 of the matrix Mat4 are set in advance so that the signal Rout and the signal Gout are substantially equal, that is, Rout ⁇ Gout.
- the color correction circuit 48 performs color correction processing on the color of the observation target other than the living tissue by matrix calculation using the correction coefficient matrix. Note that when the hue determination is performed based on the hue angle ⁇ and the saturation, the elements m21 and m22 in (Expression 10) are changed to values prepared in advance according to the saturation.
- Modification 3 In the above-described example, in the narrow-band light observation mode, for example, color conversion is performed in the third matrix circuit 46 so that the blood vessel image and the fine structure of the mucous membrane can be observed with good contrast.
- the circuit 48 performs color correction on pixels in a predetermined hue region, the order of color conversion by the third matrix circuit 46 and color correction processing by the color determination circuit 47 and the color conversion circuit 48 may be changed. Good. In other words, after the color correction processing by the color discrimination circuit 47 and the color conversion circuit 48 is performed, the color conversion processing by the third matrix circuit 46 may be performed.
- an object other than a living tissue is displayed in a color tone similar to the color of the image displayed in the white light observation mode under the special light observation image mode.
- a medical device can be provided.
- the first embodiment described above two narrowband lights are used. However, in this embodiment, three narrowband lights are used in order to display an object other than a living tissue so as to be more distinguishable. It is done.
- the residue but also blood vessels including hemoglobin, particularly capillaries may be displayed in the same hue as the residue, but in this embodiment, the capillaries And the residue are reproduced with different hues, and the color correction processing is performed by changing the matrix calculation content based on the reproduced hues, so that the capillaries and the residues can be displayed with different hues.
- the configuration of the endoscope apparatus 1A of the present embodiment is the same as that of the endoscope apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1, but the processing or operation of some components is different.
- the endoscope apparatus of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1, but the description of the same components as those of the endoscope apparatus 1 of the first embodiment will be omitted, and different processing and operations will be described. Mainly explained.
- the narrowband filter 25A is a filter that transmits three narrowband lights.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the spectral characteristics of the narrowband filter 25A according to the second embodiment and the reflectance of the object.
- the narrowband filter 25A exhibits a three-peak filter characteristic, and has, for example, narrowband transmission filter characteristic portions Ra, Ga, and Ba in each of the green, blue, and red wavelength regions.
- the narrow band transmission filter characteristic portions Ra, Ga, and Ba have bandpass characteristics having center wavelengths of 630 nm, 540 nm, and 415 nm, respectively, and a half width of 20 to 40 nm.
- the narrowband filter 25A when the narrowband filter 25A is arranged in the illumination optical path, the three-band narrowband illumination light transmitted through the narrowband transmission filter characteristic portions Ra, Ga, Ba is incident on the light guide 11.
- the reflected light from the living tissue is received by the CCD 16, and the image signal photoelectrically converted by the CCD 16 is input to the CDS circuit 33.
- the first matrix 40 outputs an image signal based on irradiation of narrowband light having a center wavelength of 630 nm as a signal R1, and outputs an image signal based on irradiation of narrowband light having a center wavelength of 540 nm as a signal G1. Then, an image signal based on irradiation of narrow band light having a center wavelength of 415 nm is output as a signal B1.
- the third matrix circuit 46 generates and outputs the three primary color signals Rin, Gin, Bin from the luminance signal Yh and the color difference signals RY, BY, and the signal Rin has a narrow band with a center wavelength of 630 nm.
- the signal Gin corresponds to the image signal based on the irradiation of the light
- the signal Gin corresponds to the image signal based on the irradiation of the narrowband light having the center wavelength of 540 nm
- the signal Bin is applied to the irradiation of the narrowband light having the center wavelength of 415 nm.
- the third matrix 48 performs simple conversion processing from the luminance signal Yh and the color difference signals RY, BY to RGB signals.
- the color determination circuit 47 is the same as that in the first embodiment described above, and determines the hue area of each pixel with reference to the table TBL shown in FIG.
- the reflectance of a residue and hemoglobin is demonstrated using a difference of the reflectance of a residue and hemoglobin as a concept using FIG.
- the reflectance of the residue is indicated by a curve T1
- the reflectance of hemoglobin Hb is indicated by a curve T2.
- the reflectance of hemoglobin Hb is lower than the reflectance of the residue, but in the wavelength band of narrowband light having a center wavelength of 630 nm, The reflectances of Hb and residue are almost the same.
- the accuracy of identifying hemoglobin Hb and residue is improved by utilizing the reflectance characteristic. That is, when the residue is imaged, the intensities of the signals Rin, Gin, and Bin input to the color discrimination circuit 47 have a relationship as shown in the upper part of FIG. 8, and thus are reproduced with a yellow hue, and one hemoglobin Hb When capillaries containing blood are imaged, the relationship is as shown in the lower part of FIG. 8 and is reproduced in a red-orange hue, so the reproducible hues of the residue and capillaries are different, and discrimination by hue is relatively easy become.
- the color correction circuit 48 performs different color correction processing for each hue region determined by the color determination circuit 47.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the color space discriminated by the color discriminating circuit 47 and its color correction processing according to the present embodiment.
- different correction processing is performed for each of the pixels belonging to the hue regions 2B and 3; the pixels belonging to the hue regions 5B, 5A, and 4B; and the pixels belonging to hue regions other than the hue regions 2B, 3, 5A, and 4B. I do.
- Color correction is performed on the pixels belonging to the hue regions 2B and 3 by matrix calculation using the following (Equation 11).
- the matrix Mat5 of (Expression 11) is expressed by a 3 ⁇ 3 matrix as shown in (Expression 12), for example.
- the signals Rout and Gout are outputs corresponding to the difference in reflectance between the residue and hemoglobin Hb. Since the reflectance of the residue in the wavelength band of the narrowband light having the center wavelength of 540 nm is larger than the reflectance of hemoglobin Hb, the residue displayed on the monitor 5 is displayed in yellow by the signals Rout and Gout.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the difference in intensity with respect to the residue and hemoglobin Hb in the signals Rin, Gin, Bin input to the color discrimination circuit 47 according to the present embodiment.
- the upper part is a diagram including a graph for explaining signal intensities of residues B, G, and R
- the lower part is a graph for explaining the signal intensities of hemoglobin Hb at B, G, and R.
- color correction is performed on the pixels belonging to the hue regions 5B, 5A, and 4B by matrix calculation using the following (Expression 12).
- the matrix Mat6 of (Expression 13) is expressed by a 3 ⁇ 3 matrix as shown in (Expression 14), for example.
- the blue pigment is reproduced as pixels in the hue regions 5B, 5A, and 4B. Therefore, the matrix Mat6 of (Expression 14) is used for the pixels in the two hue regions. Thus, the blue pigment is displayed after color correction from blue-green to blue.
- color correction is performed by matrix calculation using the following (Expression 15).
- the matrix Mat7 in (Expression 15) is represented by a 3 ⁇ 3 matrix such as (Expression 16), for example.
- three narrow-band lights are used so that an object other than a living tissue can be easily distinguished by color tone, so that capillaries and residues can be displayed in different hues. it can.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of spectral characteristics of the narrowband filter 25A according to the modified example 2-1 of the second embodiment and the reflectance of the object.
- the reflectance of hemoglobin Hb is higher than the reflectance of the residue in the wavelength band of narrowband light having a center wavelength of 500 nm
- hemoglobin Hb is in the wavelength band of narrowband light having a center wavelength of 540 nm.
- the reflectance of is lower than the reflectance of the residue.
- the accuracy of discrimination based on the color tone of capillaries and residues is increased by using the reflectance characteristic.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram for conceptually explaining the difference in strength between the residue and hemoglobin Hb in the signals Rin, Gin, and Bin input to the color discrimination circuit 47 according to Modification Example 2-1 of the present embodiment. It is.
- the color correction circuit 48 performs different color correction processing for each hue region determined by the color determination circuit 47.
- color correction is performed by the matrix calculation using the above-described (Expression 11), and the matrix Mat5 of (Expression 11) is, for example, as shown in (Expression 17) A 3 ⁇ 3 matrix is used.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the difference in intensity between the residue and hemoglobin Hb in the signals Rin, Gin, and Bin input to the color discrimination circuit 47.
- the upper part is a diagram including a graph for explaining signal intensities of residues B, G, and R
- the lower part is a graph for explaining the signal intensities of hemoglobin Hb at B, G, and R.
- color correction is performed on the pixels belonging to the hue regions 5A and 4B by matrix calculation using the above (Equation 13).
- the matrix Mat6 in (Equation 13) is, for example, expressed by (Equation 18). 3 ⁇ 3 is used.
- color correction is performed by matrix calculation using the above (Expression 15).
- the matrix Mat7 of (Expression 15) is used.
- a 3 ⁇ 3 matrix as shown in (Equation 19) is used.
- three narrowband lights are used so as to improve the discrimination accuracy of the object other than the living tissue by the color tone, so that the capillaries and the residue are more different in hue. Can be displayed.
- the medical device according to the two embodiments described above is an endoscope apparatus including an endoscope having an insertion portion.
- the medical device according to the present embodiment is an endoscope system using a swallowable capsule endoscope. It is.
- the color of the image displayed on the object other than the living tissue in the white light observation mode in the narrowband light observation mode as described above also for the image acquired by the capsule endoscope. A similar color tone can be displayed.
- FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the capsule endoscope system according to the present embodiment.
- the capsule endoscope system 61 is connected to the capsule endoscope 62, a workstation 63 as a terminal device, a receiving unit 64 that receives an image signal from the capsule endoscope 62, and the workstation 63.
- the input unit 65 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and a monitor 66 that displays an image processed by the workstation 63.
- the capsule endoscope 62 includes an illumination unit 71, an imaging unit 72, a control unit 73, and a transmission unit 74.
- the illumination unit 71 emits white illumination light via an illumination lens (not shown) under the control of the control unit 73 to illuminate the observation target.
- the imaging unit 72 includes an imaging element such as a CCD and an objective lens, images the return light of the illumination light under the control of the control unit 73, and outputs the imaging signal to the control unit 73.
- the control unit 73 outputs the image signal to the transmission unit 74, and the transmission unit 74 having an antenna transmits the image signal wirelessly.
- An image signal from the capsule endoscope 62 is received by a receiving unit 64 having an antenna.
- a workstation 63 that is an endoscope processor that processes an endoscopic image includes a CPU 81 that is a central processing unit, an interface unit (I / F) 82 with a receiving unit 64, a memory 83, and an input unit 65. Interface section (I / F) 84 and an interface section (I / F) 85 with monitor 66.
- the capsule endoscope 62 wirelessly transmits a digital image signal, which is the same as the output of the A / D conversion circuit 34 shown in FIG.
- the receiving unit 64 supplies the received image signal to the workstation 63, and the CPU 81 of the workstation 63 receives the image signal via the interface unit 82.
- the workstation 63 stores the received image signal in the memory 83.
- the CPU 81 includes an image processing unit 81 a, and the image processing unit 81 a performs the color estimation processing unit described in the first modification of the first embodiment and the color of the color determination circuit 47 for each pixel from the received imaging signal. A discrimination process and a color correction process of the color correction circuit 48 are executed.
- the image processing unit 81 a includes a spectral estimation processing unit, a color determination circuit 47, and a color correction circuit 48.
- the CPU 81 Since the CPU 81 outputs the signals Rout, Gout, and Bout corrected by the color correction circuit 48 in the special light observation mode, as described above, the object other than the living tissue is observed on the monitor 66 by white light observation. Displayed in a color tone similar to the color of the image displayed in the mode. Therefore, also in the capsule endoscope system 61, it is possible to display an object other than the living tissue with a color tone similar to the color of the image displayed in the white light observation mode.
- the image processing unit 81a is included in the workstation 63, but the image processing unit 81a is provided in the control unit 73 of the capsule endoscope 62 as indicated by a dotted line in FIG. You may do it.
- the capsule endoscope 62 wirelessly transmits the image signal corrected by the above-described color correction circuit 48 from the image pickup signal output by the image pickup device such as a CCD from the transmission unit 74.
- the receiving unit 64 supplies the received imaging signal to the workstation 63, and the CPU 81 of the workstation 63 receives the image signal via the interface unit 82.
- the workstation 63 stores the received image signal in the memory 83.
- the workstation 63 Since the workstation 63 receives the output signals Rout, Gout, and Bout of the color correction circuit 48 in FIG. 1, the object other than the living tissue is displayed on the monitor 66 in the white light observation mode under the special light observation mode. It is displayed in a color tone similar to the color of the displayed image.
- the illuminating unit 71 of the capsule endoscope 62 emits white light, and the control unit 73 generates a signal corresponding to an image picked up by irradiation with narrowband light by spectral estimation.
- the illumination unit 71 may emit two or three narrowband lights as described above.
- an object other than the living tissue is similar to the color of the image displayed in the white light observation mode. Can be displayed in color.
- the special light observation the observation has been described with the return light of the narrow band light.
- the special light may be fluorescence with respect to the excitation light.
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特殊光観察モードで得られた画像中には、生体組織以外の対象物が含まれる場合がある。生体組織以外の対象物としては、例えば、残渣(残便や腸液、胆汁など)がある。
ところが、赤色は血液の色と同じなので、術者等は、モニタに映し出された画像中の赤色の物体は、血液ではないかと、条件反射的に誤認してしまう瞬間があったり、あるいはその画像に違和感を覚える場合がある。また、モニタを内視鏡被検者も一緒に見る場合もあるので、赤色の対象物を、被検者も同様な誤認をすることもあり得る。
ところが、狭帯域光観察モードでは、粘膜深部を走行する比較的太い血管も、緑色から青緑色で再現されるため、術者等は、そのような血管と類似する色の対象物が画像中にあると、違和感を覚える場合がある。
(第1の実施形態)
図1は、第1の実施形態の内視鏡装置1の構成を示す図である。図1に示すように第1の実施形態の内視鏡装置1は、体腔内に挿入され、内視鏡検査を行う電子内視鏡(以下、単に内視鏡という)2と、この内視鏡2に照明光を供給する光源装置3とを備える。さらに、医療機器であるこの内視鏡装置1は、内視鏡2に内蔵された撮像手段を駆動すると共に、撮像手段の出力信号に対する信号処理を行う内視鏡用映像信号処理装置としてのビデオプロセッサ(以下、プロセッサという)4と、プロセッサ4から出力される映像信号が入力されることにより、撮像手段により撮像された撮像画像に対して信号処理した画像を内視鏡画像として表示するモニタ5とを備える。
挿入部7内には、照明光を伝送するライトガイド11が挿通され、このライトガイド11における手元側の端部のライトガイドコネクタ10を光源装置3に接続することにより、光源装置3からの照明光がライトガイド11に供給される。
このモード切替スイッチ12による切替信号は、プロセッサ4内の制御回路(後述)に入力され、切替信号が入力されると、その制御回路は、光源装置3のフィルタ挿脱機構(後述)を制御して、白色照明光と、狭帯域照明光とを選択的に切り替える。
このCCD16の撮像面には、光学的に色分離する色分離フィルタ17が設けられており、色分離フィルタ17には、例えば補色系カラーフィルタが各画素単位で取り付けてある。
この補色系カラーフィルタは、各画素の前に、マゼンタ(Mg)、グリーン(G)、シアン(Cy)、イエロ(Ye)の4色のカラーチップが、水平方向には、MgとGとが交互に配置され、縦方向には、Mg、Cy、Mg、YeとG、Ye、G、Cyとの配列順で、それぞれ配置されている。
図2は、狭帯域用フィルタ25の分光特性の一例を示す図である。この狭帯域用フィルタ25は、2峰性フィルタ特性を示し、例えば、緑、青の各波長域において、それぞれ狭帯域透過フィルタ特性部Ga,Baを有する。
より具体的には、狭帯域透過フィルタ特性部Ga,Baは、それぞれ中心波長が540nm、415nmであり、その半値幅が20~40nmのバンドパス特性を有する。
これに対して、狭帯域用フィルタ24を照明光路中に配置しない場合には、広帯域の白色光がライトガイド11に供給されることになる。
なお、内視鏡2の固有の識別情報(ID)を発生するID発生部6のID信号は、制御回路31に入力され、制御回路31は、受信したID信号によりプロセッサ4に接続された内視鏡2の種類やその内視鏡2の内蔵されたCCD16の画素数、種類等を識別する。制御回路31は、識別した内視鏡2のCCD16を適切に駆動するように、CCD駆動回路32を制御する。
CCD16は、CCD駆動回路32からのCCD駆動信号の印加により、光電変換された撮像信号を、相関二重サンプリングを行うCDS回路33に出力する。CDS回路33により、撮像信号から信号成分が抽出されてベースバンドの信号に変換された信号は、A/D変換回路34に入力され、デジタル信号に変換されると共に、明るさ検出回路35に入力され、明るさ(信号の平均輝度)が検出される。
明るさ検出回路35により検出された明るさ信号は、調光回路36に入力され、基準の明るさ(調光の目標値)との差分により調光するための調光信号が生成される。この調光回路36からの調光信号は、絞り駆動回路23に入力され、絞り駆動回路23は、生成される画像の明るさが、基準となる明るさとなるように絞り22の開口量を調整する。
輝度信号Yは、γ(ガンマ)回路38に入力されると共に、信号の通過帯域を制限する第1のローパスフィルタ(以下、LPFと略記)39aに入力される。
このLPF39aは、輝度信号Yに対応して広い通過帯域に設定されており、このLPF39aの通過帯域特性により設定された帯域の輝度信号Ylが、色変換手段としての第1マトリクス回路40に入力される。
この場合、第2のLPF39bは、制御回路31により、観察モードに応じてその通過帯域の特性が変更される。具体的には、白色光観察モード時には、第2のLPF39bは、第1のLPF39aより低帯域に設定される。つまり、白色光観察モード時には、標準的な映像信号の規格に準拠した信号処理を行うように設定される。
一方、狭帯域光観察モード時には、第2のLPF39bは、白色光観察モード時における低帯域よりも広い帯域に変更される。例えば第2のLPF39bは、第1のLPF39aとほぼ同様に広帯域に設定すなわち変更される。
このように第2のLPF39bは、観察モードの切替に連動して、色差信号Cr,Cbに対する通過帯域制限する処理特性を変更する処理特性変更手段を形成している。
同時化回路41は、同時化された色差信号Cr,Cbを生成し、この色差信号Cr,Cbは、色変換手段としての第1マトリクス回路40に入力される。
第1マトリクス回路40は、輝度信号Yl及び色差信号Cr,Cbを3原色信号R1,G1,B1に変換して出力する回路であり、出力された3原色信号R1,G1,B1は、ガンマ補正を行うγ回路42に入力される。3原色信号中の信号R1,G1には、中心波長540nmの狭帯域光が照射されることで得られる画像信号が割り当てられ、3原色信号中の信号B1には、中心波長415nmの狭帯域光が照射されることで得られる画像信号が割り当てられる。
なお、制御回路31は、第1マトリクス回路40,後述する第2マトリクス回路,第3マトリクス回路によるマトリクス係数を設定するために参照する参照用の各種テーブルのデータを記憶する記憶部としてのメモリ31aを内蔵している。
γ回路42も、制御回路31により制御される。具体的には、狭帯域光観察モード時には、白色光観察モード時よりもγ補正の特性を強調したγ特性に変更される。これにより、低信号レベル側でのコントラストが強調され、より識別し易い表示特性となる。
このγ回路42によりγ補正された3原色信号R2,G2,B2は、色変換手段を構成する第2マトリクス回路43に入力される。この第2マトリクス回路43は、以下の(式1)により、3原色信号R2,G2,B2を色差信号R-Y、B-Yに変換して出力する。なお、(式1)のマトリクスMat1は、例えば(式2)のように表される。
γ(ガンマ)回路38に入力された輝度信号Yは、ガンマ補正され、ガンマ補正された輝度信号Yhは拡大回路44に入力される。
この拡大回路44により拡大処理(及び必要な補間処理)された輝度信号Yhは、強調回路45により輪郭強調された後、第3マトリクス回路46に入力される。拡大回路44により拡大処理された色差信号R-Y,B-Yは、強調回路45を通さないで第3マトリクス回路46に入力される。
色分離手段としての第3マトリクス回路46により、輝度信号Yhと色差信号R-Y,B-Yは、3原色信号Rin,Gin,Binに変換される。すなわち、第3マトリクス回路46は、輝度信号Yhと色差信号R-Y,B-Yから3原色信号Rin,Gin,Binを生成する。
狭帯域光観察モード時は、第3マトリクス回路46は、血管像や粘膜の微細構造をコントラスト良く観察できるように、中心波長が540nmの狭帯域光の照明に基づく画像信号を、信号Rinに割り当て、中心波長が415nmの狭帯域光の照明に基づく画像信号を、信号Bin及び信号Ginに割り当てて出力する。
色判別回路47において、第3マトリクス回路46から入力される各画素の信号Rin、Gin、Binに基づいて、テーブルTBLを参照して、当該画素がその色相領域に属するか否かが、判別される(S1)。
ここでは、色補正を行う色相領域は、10個の色相領域中、色相領域2A、1B、4A、4B及び5Aである。
以上のようにして、判別回路47及び色補正回路48により、色相領域1B、2Aに属する、残渣などの白色光観察下では、黄色い色で見える対象物は黄色方向に色空間上で色相が回転される(すなわち色補正が行われる)ので、黄色、あるいは橙色で、モニタ5に表示される。また、色相領域4B、5A、5Bに属する、インジゴカルミン、メチレンブルーなどの白色光観察下では、青色で見える染色剤などは、青色方向に色空間上で色相を回転される(すなわち色補正を行われる)ので、青色で、モニタ5に表示される。
例えば、第1マトリクス回路42の出力する信号R1、G1、B1に基づいて、補正係数Ksat1、Khue1、Ksat2、Khue2を変更するようにしてもよい。具体的には、第1マトリクス回路42の出力する信号R1、G1、B1から、次の(式8)によりα1を算出する。
上述した例では、光源装置3が、白色光観察モード時には、白色光を出射し、狭帯域光観察モードの時には、所定の狭帯域光を出射して、それらの戻り光が撮像素子で受光される構成であるが、変形例として、照明手段としての光源装置は、白色光である通常光のみを出射するようにして、狭帯域光観察モード時には、公知のいわゆる分光推定処理により、特殊光である狭帯域光の戻り光に相当する画像信号を生成するようにしてもよい。分光推定処理に関しては、例えば、特開2003-93336号公報に、可視光領域の照明光による画像信号を信号処理し離散的な分光画像を生成し、生体組織の画像情報を得る電子内視鏡装置が開示されている。
よって、このような分光推定処理を用いて、離散的な狭帯域光の戻り光の信号を生成するようにしてもよい。
上述した例では、RGB表色系に基づいて、色判別回路が色判別を行っているが、CIEL*a*b*(エルスター・エースター・ビースター)表色系、LUT表色系、などの他の表色系に基づいて、色判別を行うようにしてもよい。
例えば、UCS(Uniform Color Space)の一つである、CIEL*a*b*表色系における色相角θを用いて、色判別を行うこともできる。その場合、図4に示したようなテーブルTBLと類似するテーブルにおいて、色相角の範囲に基づいて複数の色相領域を規定し、各画素が、規定された複数の色相領域内の所定の領域に属するか否かを判別して、上述したような色の補正が行われる。例えば、色補正処理は、L*a*b*表色系の色相角が、-45度~45度の範囲に属する画素についてのみ行う等である。
なお、色相角θと彩度とに基づいて色相判別を行う場合には、(式10)における要素m21とm22は、彩度に応じて予め用意した値に変更される。
上述した例では、狭帯域光観察モード時に、例えば、血管像や粘膜の微細構造を、コントラスト良く観察できるように、第3マトリクス回路46において色変換を行い、その後、色判別回路47と色変換回路48による、所定の色相領域の画素についての色補正を行っているが、第3マトリクス回路46による色変換と、色判別回路47と色変換回路48による色補正の処理の順番を入れ替えてもよい。
すなわち、色判別回路47と色変換回路48による色補正の処理を行った後に、第3マトリクス回路46による色変換の処理を行うようにしてもよい。
上述した第1の実施形態では、2つの狭帯域光が用いられているが、本実施形態では、生体組織以外の対象物をより区別できるように表示するために、3つの狭帯域光が用いられる。特に、上述した第1の実施形態では、残渣だけでなく、ヘモグロビンを含む血液の流れる血管、特に毛細血管も、残渣と同じ色相で表示されてしまう場合があるが、本実施形態では、毛細血管と残渣とを異なる色相で再現させ、再現された色相に基づきマトリクス演算内容を変更することで色補正処理を行うため、毛細血管と残渣とを、異なる色相で表示することができる。
生体組織からの反射光は、CCD16において受光され、CCD16において光電変換された画像信号は、CDS回路33に入力される。
そして、第1マトリクス40は、中心波長が630nmの狭帯域光の照射にも基づく画像信号を信号R1として出力し、中心波長が540nmの狭帯域光の照射にも基づく画像信号を信号G1として出力し、中心波長が415nmの狭帯域光の照射にも基づく画像信号を信号B1として出力する。
ここで、図6を用い、残渣とヘモグロビンの反射率の違いを概念として、残渣とヘモグロビンの反射率を説明する。図6において、残渣の反射率は、曲線T1で示され、ヘモグロビンHbの反射率は、曲線T2で示される。図6に示すように、中心波長が540nmの狭帯域光の波長帯域において、ヘモグロビンHbの反射率は、残渣の反射率より低いが、中心波長が630nmの狭帯域光の波長帯域においては、ヘモグロビンHbと残渣の反射率は略同じである。本実施形態は、その反射率の特性を利用して、ヘモグロビンHbと残渣の識別精度を向上させるようにしている。すなわち、残渣が撮像された場合、色判別回路47に入力される信号Rin,Gin,Binの強度は図8の上段のような関係になるため、黄色系の色相で再現され、一方のヘモグロビンHbを含む毛細血管が撮像された場合には図8の下段のような関係になり赤~橙系の色相で再現されるため、残渣と毛細血管の再現色相が異なり、色相による判別が比較的容易になる。
中心波長540nmの狭帯域光の波長帯域における残渣の反射率は、ヘモグロビンHbの反射率よりも大きいので、モニタ5に表示される残渣は、信号RoutとGoutによって、より黄色く表示される。
上述した実施の形態では、第3の狭帯域光として、中心波長が630nmの狭帯域光を用いているが、本変形例では、中心波長が500nmの狭帯域光を用い、毛細血管と残渣の識別精度を向上させることができる。
色補正回路48は、色判別回路47で判別された色相領域毎に異なる色補正処理を行う。
上述した2つの実施形態の医療機器は、挿入部を有する内視鏡を含む内視鏡装置であるが、本実施形態の医療機器は、飲み込み型のカプセル内視鏡を利用した内視鏡システムである。本実施形態では、カプセル型内視鏡により取得された画像に対しても、上述したような狭帯域光観察モードにおいて、生体組織以外の対象物を白色光観察モードで表示される画像の色と類似の色調で表示することができる。
従って、カプセル型内視鏡システム61においても、生体組織以外の対象物を白色光観察モードで表示される画像の色と類似の色調で表示することができる。
その場合、カプセル型内視鏡62は、CCD等の撮像素子の出力する撮像信号から、上述した色補正回路48で補正された画像信号を送信部74から無線で送信する。受信部64は、受信した撮像信号をワークステーション63へ供給し、ワークステーション63のCPU81は、インターフェース部82を介して画像信号を受信する。ワークステーション63は、受信した画像信号をメモリ83に記憶する。
なお、以上の例では、特殊光観察として、狭帯域光の戻り光により観察を説明したが、特殊光は、励起光に対する蛍光等でもよい。
本出願は、2011年9月22日に日本国に出願された特願2011-207719号を優先権主張の基礎として出願するものであり、上記の開示内容は、本願明細書、請求の範囲に引用されるものとする。
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- 照明手段により生体組織に照射された光の戻り光を撮像する撮像手段の出力から通常光の画像信号と特殊光の画像信号を生成する画像信号生成手段と、
前記特殊光の画像信号に対して画素毎に色を識別し、前記生体組織以外の観察対象であるかを判別する色判別手段と、
前記特殊光による観察モード時に、前記色判別手段の判別結果に基づいて、前記生体組織以外の観察対象の色に対して、前記通常光による観察モード時の色に類似するように色補正を行う色補正手段と、
を備えることを特徴とする医療機器。 - 前記色判別手段は、前記特殊光の画像信号の輝度レベルに応じて画素毎に色相を判別することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の医療機器。
- 前記特殊光の画像信号の輝度レベルは、RGB信号の輝度レベルであることを特徴とする請求項2に記載の医療機器。
- 前記色判別手段が前記生体組織以外の観察対象を赤の色調と判別した場合、前記色補正手段は、黄色い色調への前記色補正をすることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の医療機器。
- 前記色判別手段が前記生体組織以外の観察対象を緑の色調あるいは青緑の色調と判別した場合、前記色補正手段は、青の色調への前記色補正することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の医療機器。
- 前記照明手段は、前記通常光と、前記特殊光を切り替え可能に照射し、
前記画像信号生成手段は、前記照明手段により前記生体組織に照射された前記特殊光の画像信号を生成することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の医療機器。 - 前記特殊光は、少なくとも2つの狭帯域光であることを特徴とする請求項6に記載の医療機器。
- 前記照明手段は、前記通常光を照射し、
前記画像信号生成手段は、前記通常光の前記戻り光から、分光推定処理により前記特殊光の画像信号を生成することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の医療機器。 - 前記色補正手段は、前記生体組織以外の観察対象の色に対して、前記撮像手段からの前記特殊光の画像信号の輝度レベルに応じて、前記色補正における補正パラメータを変更することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の医療機器。
- 前記色補正手段は、前記生体組織以外の観察対象の色に対して、補正係数のマトリクスを用いたマトリクス演算により、前記色補正処理を行うことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の医療機器。
- 前記色補正手段は、色相を10の領域に分割し、当該10の色相領域に基づいて色補正処理を行うことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の医療機器。
- 前記医療機器は、内視鏡画像を処理する内視鏡用プロセッサであることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の医療機器。
- 前記医療機器は、カプセル型内視鏡であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の医療機器。
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