Patent ID: 11935234
Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:
calculating, if a boundary line of the right dorsal lung base shadow is detected in the detecting, a degree of reliability indicating how probable a result of the detecting of the boundary line of the right dorsal lung base shadow is using the computer; and
estimating, if the degree of reliability is lower than or equal to a first threshold, the boundary line of the right dorsal lung base shadow on a basis of a position of at least one of the boundary lines detected in the detecting other than the boundary line of the right dorsal lung base shadow using the computer;
wherein, if the degree of reliability is higher than the first threshold in the setting of the second lung area, the boundary line of the right dorsal lung base shadow detected in the detecting is used and, if the degree of reliability is lower than or equal to the first threshold, the boundary line of the right dorsal lung base shadow estimated in the estimating is used.