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

Claim 16:
17. The method according to claim 13, further comprising:
calculating, using the computer, a degree of reliability indicating how probable a result of the detecting of the boundary line of the left dorsal lung base shadow is; and
estimating, if the degree of reliability is lower than or equal to a second threshold, the boundary line of the left 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 left dorsal lung base shadow using the computer,
wherein, if the degree of reliability is higher than the second threshold in the setting of the fourth lung area, the boundary line of the left dorsal lung base shadow detected in the detecting is used and, if the degree of reliability is lower than or equal to the second threshold, the boundary line of the left dorsal lung base shadow estimated in the estimating is used.