Abstract: An endoscopic task supporting system including: an image storage that stores a plurality of endoscopic images acquired in a time series; a three-dimensional data generation unit that generates three-dimensional data indicating a three-dimensional shape of a predetermined part subject to observation, based on the plurality of endoscopic images stored in the image storage; a two-dimensional image generation unit that generates, from the three-dimensional data generated by the three-dimensional data generation unit, a two-dimensional image corresponding to a viewpoint position and a direction of line of sight entered; and a display control unit that causes a predetermined display unit to display the two-dimensional image generated by the two-dimensional image generation unit.

Abstract: A recording device includes: a memory; and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to generate, based on temporal change in plural sets of image data that have been generated by an endoscope and arranged chronologically, biological information on a subject, associate the plural sets of image data with the biological information to record the plural sets of image data with the biological information into the memory, and select, based on the biological information, image data from the plural sets of image data that have been recorded in the memory to generate three-dimensional image data.

Abstract: A recording device includes: a memory; and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to generate, based on temporal change in plural sets of image data that have been generated by an endoscope and arranged chronologically, biological information on a subject, associate the plural sets of image data with the biological information to record the plural sets of image data with the biological information into the memory, and select, based on the biological information, image data from the plural sets of image data that have been recorded in the memory to generate three-dimensional image data.

Abstract: An endoscopic task supporting system including: an image storage that stores a plurality of endoscopic images acquired in a time series; a three-dimensional data generation unit that generates three-dimensional data indicating a three-dimensional shape of a predetermined part subject to observation, based on the plurality of endoscopic images stored in the image storage; a two-dimensional image generation unit that generates, from the three-dimensional data generated by the three-dimensional data generation unit, a two-dimensional image corresponding to a viewpoint position and a direction of line of sight entered; and a display control unit that causes a predetermined display unit to display the two-dimensional image generated by the two-dimensional image generation unit.

Abstract: This spectral-image-obtaining device includes: a line-spectral-image acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of line spectral images; a frame-image acquiring unit that has an image-capturing range that encompasses that over which image capturing is performed by the line-spectral-image acquiring unit and that acquires a two-dimensional frame image that contains fewer color signals than the line spectral images; a comparison-image estimating unit that estimates comparison images for all lines based on the line spectral images acquired by the line-spectral-image acquiring unit and a wavelength characteristic of the frame-image acquiring unit; a line-spectral-image positional-deviation detecting unit that detects amounts of positional deviation between the comparison images estimated by the comparison-image estimating unit and corresponding positions within the frame image; and a positional-deviation correcting unit that fits the line spectral images to corresponding positions within the frame image based on the

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image inputting unit configured to input a plurality of images having a portion where at least a part of subjects of the plurality of images is common to one another; and a correction image generating unit configured to generate a correction image used for correcting the plurality of images. The correction image generating unit includes: a difference acquiring unit configured to acquire a difference between luminance of pixels from two arbitrary images of the plurality of images, the two arbitrary images having a common portion where the subjects are common to one another; and a shading detection unit configured to detect a shading component in the arbitrary images based on the difference.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a component separation section configured to separate an original image signal into a plurality of components including a first component that is a framework component and a second component obtained from a residue corresponding to the original image signal from which the first component has been excluded, an edge information acquisition section configured to obtain edge information from the first component included in the plurality of components, a fluctuation-component reduction section configured to reduce a fluctuation component at least of the second component included in the plurality of components, a parameter acquisition section configured to acquire a parameter for the fluctuation-component reduction section based on the obtained edge information, and a component synthesis section configured to synthesize the first component and the component other than the first component in which the fluctuation component has been reduced.

Abstract: An image capturing element of an image capturing section 2 has a color filter with a Bayer matrix, and interpolation unit 6 implements an interpolation process to an image signal for each pixel received from the image capturing element by using image signals of adjacent pixels to obtain an image signal of R, G and B for the respective pixels. High-frequency component extracting unit 7 extracts a high frequency component from the G signal; false-color reduced color signal generation unit 8 obtains, for the respective pixels, a false-color reduced color signal (R+B?2G) in which an effect of a false color is reduced; and, chroma signal generation unit 9 generates a chroma signal, which is an absolute value of the false-color reduced color signal. Suppression unit 10 suppresses the false color on the basis of the high frequency component extracted by the high-frequency component extracting unit 7 and the chroma signal for the respective pixels generated by the chroma signal generation unit 9.

Abstract: An image taken via lens system (100) and CCD (101) is converted at A/D (102) into digital signals that are then stored in buffer (103). An output of buffer (103) is connected to output block (106) via noise reduction processing block (104), edge enhancement processing block (107) and signal processing block (105) in order. Noise reduction processing block (104) separated an image signal read out of buffer (103) into multiple frequency components. Transform processing is applied to the respective separated components that are then synthesized for noise reductions.

Abstract: An image capturing element of an image capturing section 2 has a color filter with a Bayer matrix, and interpolation unit 6 implements an interpolation process to an image signal for each pixel received from the image capturing element by using image signals of adjacent pixels to obtain an image signal of R, G and B for the respective pixels. High-frequency component extracting unit 7 extracts a high frequency component from the G signal; false-color reduced color signal generation unit 8 obtains, for the respective pixels, a false-color reduced color signal (R+B?2G) in which an effect of a false color is reduced; and, chroma signal generation unit 9 generates a chroma signal, which is an absolute value of the false-color reduced color signal. Suppression unit 10 suppresses the false color on the basis of the high frequency component extracted by the high-frequency component extracting unit 7 and the chroma signal for the respective pixels generated by the chroma signal generation unit 9.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a component separation section configured to separate an original image signal into a plurality of components including a first component that is a framework component and a second component obtained from a residue corresponding to the original image signal from which the first component has been excluded, an edge information acquisition section configured to obtain edge information from the first component included in the plurality of components, a fluctuation-component reduction section configured to reduce a fluctuation component at least of the second component included in the plurality of components, a parameter acquisition section configured to acquire a parameter for the fluctuation-component reduction section based on the obtained edge information, and a component synthesis section configured to synthesize the first component and the component other than the first component in which the fluctuation component has been reduced.

Abstract: An image taken via lens system (100) and CCD (101) is converted at A/D (102) into digital signals that are then stored in buffer (103). An output of buffer (103) is connected to output block (106) via noise reduction processing block (104), edge enhancement processing block (107) and signal processing block (105) in order. Noise reduction processing block (104) separated an image signal read out of buffer (103) into multiple frequency components. Transform processing is applied to the respective separated components that are then synthesized for noise reductions.

Abstract: An image taken via lens system (100) and CCD (101) is converted at A/D (102) into digital signals that are then stored in buffer (103). The output of buffer (103) is entered in output block (106) via noise reduction processing block (104) and signal processing block (105) in order. In noise reduction processing block (104), a low-frequency component is created at a low-frequency component creation block and high-frequency components are created at a high-frequency component creation block. At a threshold setting block, thresholds are set for the high-frequency components in each similar direction. Further, on the basis of the set thresholds, the high-frequency components are transformed at the high-frequency component transform block, and the low-frequency component and the high-frequency components to which transform processing has been applied are synthesized together at a synthesis block.

Abstract: The invention provides an imaging system for recording digitalized signals from an imaging device comprising a lens system (100) to CCD (103) in a recording medium at a processed image output block (119). The imaging system comprises a noise characteristics generation means (noise estimation block 112) for generating characteristics of noise included in the signals and a noise characteristics recording means (control block 115 and processed image output block 119) for recording the characteristics of noise in the recording medium.

Abstract: An improved porous ceramic body to be embedded in a patient for sustained release of a medicament, and a method of making the ceramic body is provided. To control the release of the medicament, the pores of the ceramic body decrease in diameter from the inner surface to the outer surface of the body whereby the pore diameter is substantially proportional to the distance from the outer surface of the carrier. First, raw ceramic slurry is made from the blend of &bgr;-TCP, deflocculating agent, and water. Next, using a syringe the ceramic slurry is supplied to the internal region of a solvent-absorbable mold from an aperture along the inner wall surface. Then, the ceramic slurry is quickly dehydrated before thinly adhering itself onto the inner wall surface of the mold. Therefore, a preformed body having a hollow is obtained. Next, after fully being dried, the dried preformed body is fired at 1,050° C. for an hour before eventually yielding a spherical carrier for use in sustained release preparation.