Patent ID: 8081811

Claim:
An image recognition result judging apparatus, comprising: an image recognition means, implemented by a processor, that recognizes a predetermined structure in an image representing a subject; a structure measuring means that measures the predetermined structure on the image recognized by the image recognition means to obtain a predetermined anatomical measurement value of the predetermined structure; and a recognition result judging means that judges whether or not the anatomical measurement value falls within a predetermined standard range, wherein: the image recognition means is a means that, based on a characteristic of content of each of a plurality of tomographic images representing a plurality of regions of the subject and a relationship of the characteristic of content between each of the tomographic images, determines a region of the subject represented by each of the tomographic images so as to match with an anatomical positional relationship of each of the regions of the subject; the structure measuring means is a means that calculates a length of the determined region in a direction perpendicular to the tomographic planes of the tomographic images; and the recognition result judging means is a means that judges whether or not the calculated length falls within a predetermined standard length range.