Patent Document ID: 10146042
Application ID: 15065335
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a processor configured to act as: a difficulty calculation unit that calculates, for each of a plurality of specimens, a degree of detection difficulty indicating a degree of difficulty in detection of a target cell contained in each of the plurality of specimens, based on a respective test object condition of each of the plurality of specimens; a setting unit that sets, for each of the plurality of specimens, a detection parameter on a process of the detection of the target cell from each of a plurality of captured images of the plurality of specimens, based on the degree of detection difficulty, wherein each detection parameter includes information for defining a setting condition for setting determination target areas on which determination as to whether or not the plurality of captured images contains a target cell area is made; and a determination unit that makes determination as to whether or not the target cell is contained in the determination target areas which are set based on the detection parameter, on each of the plurality of captured images wherein the setting unit sets the setting condition in such a manner that a specimen of the plurality of specimens having a higher degree of detection difficulty is set to have more determination target areas than a specimen of the plurality of specimens having a lower degree of detection difficulty, the higher degree of detection difficulty having a larger value of detection difficulty than a value of the lower degree of detection difficulty.