IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM

摘要

Provided are an image processing apparatus, etc., that can accurately identify abnormalities in a microstructure on a surface of an examination target, such as a mucous membrane, even when contour edges of the examination target are present in an intraluminal image. An image processing apparatus 1 includes a contour edge region extracting unit 110 that extracts a contour edge region of an examination target from an image obtained by capturing inside of a lumen of a living body; an examination region setting unit 120 that sets an examination region in the image so as not to include the contour edge region; and an abnormal structure identifying unit 130 that identifies whether a microstructure of a surface of the examination target is abnormal, based on texture information of the examination region.