Abstract: An image processing device includes: a control unit configured to acquire a cross-sectional image obtained using a sensor configured to move in a lumen of a biological tissue for each position in a movement direction of the sensor, analyze the acquired cross-sectional image to calculate a centroid position of a cross section of the lumen in the cross-sectional image, and execute smoothing on a calculation result obtained for a plurality of positions in the movement direction of the sensor, and evaluate a difference between the calculated centroid position and a centroid position obtained as a result of the smoothing for each position in the movement direction of the sensor, thereby deriving a pulsation score representing expansion and contraction of the lumen in the acquired cross-sectional image by a numerical value.

Abstract: An image processing device is an image processing device that displays an image representing a biological tissue on a display and displays an element representing a position of a sensor on a screen same as the image on the display, based on tomographic data acquired by the sensor moving in a lumen of the biological tissue, the image processing device including a control unit that, when a user operation of specifying a movement destination of the sensor is performed on the screen, controls movement of the sensor according to the user operation, and changes a relative position of the element to cause a position of the sensor after movement to be represented.

Abstract: An information processing device that includes a classification image data acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of classification image data classified into a plurality of regions including a first intraluminal region into which the image acquisition catheter for a three-dimensional scan is inserted and a second intraluminal region into which the image acquisition catheter is not inserted; a merging determination unit configured to determine whether the second intraluminal region in a first catheter image merges with the first intraluminal region in a second catheter image acquired at a different axial position; and an image output unit configured to output a region image including the first intraluminal region based on the plurality of classification image data, and outputs, only the second intraluminal region that is determined to merge by the merging determination unit, together with the first intraluminal region as the region image.

Abstract: An image processing device, with reference to tomographic data obtained using a sensor moving in a lumen of a biological tissue, displays an image representing the biological tissue on a display, and includes a control unit that acquires specification data specifying at least one location in a space corresponding to the tomographic data, identifies a direction of the at least one location from a centroid in a cross section of the biological tissue orthogonal to a movement direction of the sensor, the direction including the at least one location, as a specification direction, with reference to the tomographic data, identifies a position corresponding to the at least one location in the cross section as a corresponding position according to an identified specification direction and a position of the centroid, and performs control so that a mark is displayed at an identified corresponding position when the image is displayed.

Abstract: An image processing device is an image processing device that, with reference to tomographic data that is a data set obtained using a sensor moving in a lumen of a biological tissue, displays a cross-sectional image representing a cross section of the biological tissue orthogonal to a movement direction of the sensor on a display, the image processing device including a control unit that acquires specification data specifying at least one location in a space corresponding to the tomographic data, and performs control so that a mark, which varies depending on a distance between the at least one location and the cross section in the movement direction is displayed at a position corresponding to the at least one location in the cross-sectional image when the cross-sectional image is displayed.

Abstract: An ultrasound catheter capable of reducing noise in an ultrasound image by limiting reflection of ultrasound oscillated from a distal end side surface of a transducer. The ultrasound catheter includes: an elongated sheath; an ultrasound transducer; a shaft that supports the ultrasound transducer; and a cap that seals an opening portion of the sheath and has an X-ray opaque property. The cap includes an extension portion including a proximal portion facing the ultrasound transducer and an outer circumferential surface facing an inner circumferential surface of the sheath. The proximal portion includes an ultrasound scattering surface that scatters ultrasound from the ultrasound transducer. The outer circumferential surface includes a contact portion that is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the sheath in a liquid-tight manner. The ultrasound scattering surface intersects with a virtual plane obtained by enlarging the ultrasound oscillation surface in an in-plane direction.

Abstract: An information processing device that assists understanding of an image acquired by an image acquisition catheter. The information processing device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a catheter image including an inner cavity obtained by an image acquisition catheter; a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information regarding a position of a medical instrument inserted into the inner cavity included in the catheter image; and a first data output unit that inputs the acquired catheter image and the acquired position information to a first trained model that, upon receiving input of the catheter image and the position information, outputs first data in which each region of the catheter image is classified into at least three of a biological tissue region, a medical instrument region where the medical instrument exists, and a non-biological tissue region, and outputs the first data.

Abstract: An information processing device that includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a catheter image obtained by an image acquisition catheter inserted into a first cavity; and a first classification data output unit configured to input the acquired catheter image to a first classification trained model that, upon receiving input of the catheter image, outputs first classification data in which a non-biological tissue region including a first inner cavity region that is inside the first cavity and a second inner cavity region that is inside a second cavity where the image acquisition catheter is not inserted and a biological tissue region are classified as different regions, and outputs the first classification data, in which the first classification trained model is generated using first training data that indicates at least the non-biological tissue region including the first inner cavity region and the second inner cavity region and the biological tissue region.

Abstract: A learning model generation method includes: acquiring training data from a training database that records a plurality of sets of a tomographic image acquired using a tomographic image acquisition probe, and correct answer classification data in which each of pixels included in the tomographic image is classified into a plurality of regions including a living tissue region and a non-living tissue region, in association with each other; acquiring thin-walled part data relating to a thin-walled part thinner than a predetermined threshold value, for a predetermined region in the correct answer classification data; and performing a parameter adjustment process for a learning model that outputs output classification data in which each of the pixels included in the tomographic image is classified into the plurality of regions, based on the training data and the thin-walled part data.