Patent ID: 9704018
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01N,G06K,G06T,G16H

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data obtained by reading a tissue sample image obtained by putting a mark specifying a selected area on an image obtained by immunostaining and then imaging a biological tissue; and a counting unit configured to count a number of cancer cells in the selected area specified by the mark, based on the image data of the tissue sample image acquired by the acquisition unit, and having: a dividing unit configured to divide a focus area of stained positive cells indicated by the mark into a plurality of small areas of meshes; and a small area selection unit configured to select a small area from the plurality of small areas of meshes, wherein a number of cells with each staining intensity, contained in the small area selected by the small area selection unit, is counted; whereby a diagnosis based on the tissue sample image is supported, wherein the counting unit is further configured to count a second number of cancer cells in at least one of the small areas of meshes in response to a user selection of the at least one of the small areas of meshes from a display of the small areas of meshes superimposed on the focus area within the mark; wherein the counting unit is further configured to count the second number of cancer cells in response to the user selection of the small areas of meshes received after the counting unit counts the number of cancer cells in the selected area specified by the mark.