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Title:
IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/080187
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided are an image processing method, an image processing device and a program capable of generating an image which makes it easy to confirm visually, in a brightfield image, the manifestation of a biological material on the basis of the emission of light from a fluorescent substance. This image processing method is characterized in that it comprises: an input step of inputting a brightfield image representing the shape of a cell in a specimen, and a fluorescence image representing the manifestation of specific biological material in the same region of the specimen using fluorescent bright spots; a bright spot extracting step of extracting the regions of the fluorescent bright spots in the fluorescence image; and a composite image generating step of generating a composite image in which the brightfield image and the fluorescence image, before or after extraction of the fluorescent bright spots, are overlaid on one another.

Inventors:
WATANABE YASUHIRO (JP)
ISODA TAKESHI (JP)
YOSHIHARA YUKA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2015/080999
Publication Date:
May 26, 2016
Filing Date:
November 04, 2015
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Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA INC (JP)
International Classes:
G06T1/00; G01N21/64; G06T5/50
Domestic Patent References:
WO2014084134A12014-06-05
WO2013132998A12013-09-12
WO2012144515A12012-10-26
WO2013146841A12013-10-03
Foreign References:
JP2006180926A2006-07-13
JP2011229625A2011-11-17
JP2008139794A2008-06-19
JP2009175661A2009-08-06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KOYO INTERNATIONAL PATENT FIRM (JP)
Patent business corporation Mitsuaki international patent firm (JP)
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