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Mori Lab
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The lab researches computer understanding of images of the inside of the body to support diagnosis and surgery.
AboutAbout the lab
Computers that read the inside of the body.
The Mori Lab researches media processing centered on images.
It targets not only 2D images but also higher-dimensional images such as 3D and 4D.
In particular, the lab conducts wide-ranging research on having computers understand and make judgments about the internal structures of the human body, as applications to medicine.
The lab's website explains that methods developed in the lab are used in hospitals and elsewhere for disease diagnosis, treatment, and endoscopic surgery.
Key terms
- Virtualized endoscopy
- A method that generates images as if observed with an endoscope, based on CT or MR images
- Segmentation
- Extracting the region of a target, such as the bronchi, from images such as CT scans
- CAD
- Technology in which a computer finds lesions in images and supports diagnosis
ResearchResearch themes
Centered on image-based media processing, the lab pursues research on having computers understand and make judgments about the internal structures of the human body. Its research themes include virtualized endoscopy, medical image recognition, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD), and surgical simulation.
*Illustrative imageVirtualized endoscopy
This is a method that generates images as if observed with an endoscope, based on CT or MR images. The lab has continued this research over a long period, and the current system is used by many people.
*Illustrative imageMedical image recognition
The lab researches segmentation to extract bronchial regions from CT images, and automatic assignment of anatomical names to each extracted branch. It also researches detecting abdominal organs and lymph nodes in CT images.
*Illustrative imageComputer-aided diagnosis (CAD)
The lab researches technologies for finding lung cancer and metastatic lesions in CT images, and for automatically identifying regions suspected of pulmonary emphysema. For the large intestine, it has developed a diagnostic system that displays a virtually unfolded view, as if the intestine were cut open and laid flat.
*Illustrative imageSurgical simulation
The lab's technology enables preoperative simulation before laparoscopic surgery. It also researches simulating incisions on images of an infant's buttocks to support imperforate anus surgery, in joint research with the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine and Aichi Children's Health and Medical Center.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Mori Lab consist of faculty, project faculty, researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, research students, and administrative assistants (secretaries).As of 2026
- ProfessorKensaku Mori
- Associate ProfessorMasahiro Oda
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Doctor working at a desk using a computer mouse and keyboard in a medical office setting” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Virtualized endoscopy: “Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology Facility in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India” Goleisureintl / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Medical image recognition: “CT scan of the chest, demonstrating right-sided pneumonia” James Heilman, MD / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD): “Obstetric ultrasound scan monitor showing 20-week human fetus profile in Navi Mumbai 2015” Goleisureintl / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Surgical simulation: “US Navy 081212-N-5086M-078 Cmdr. Ramona Domen, assistant director of the Naval Medical Center San Diego Medical and Surgical Simulation Center checks the heart and lungs of the Adult Trainer mannequin” U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Greg Mitchell / Public domain (cropped)
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