US 11,818,464 B2
Medical image transmission system, medical image processing apparatus, and medical image transmission method
Atsushi Asai, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/435,039
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/012817
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/206428, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-065974 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0141386 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/68 (2023.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/268 (2006.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/683 (2023.01) [A61B 1/0005 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); H04N 5/268 (2013.01); H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); H04N 5/272 (2013.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01); H04N 23/6811 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical image transmission system, comprising:
control circuitry configured to:
acquire a medical image generated by a medical observation apparatus;
apply predetermined image processing to the medical image; and
superimpose a superimposition image on a predetermined area of the medical image; and
display circuitry configured to present information to a user on a basis of additional information that has been displayed in the predetermined area. before executing the predetermined image processing,
wherein the superimposition image is a digital mask that covers a part of the medical image on which the predetermined image processing has been performed.