REGION EXTRACTION APPARATUS, REGION EXTRACTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

摘要

A region extraction apparatus includes: a region extraction unit that extracts, from an image data of a process target, a high intensity region having higher intensity than a neighboring region thereof and a low intensity region having lower intensity than a neighboring region thereof; a combination identification unit that identifies a combination of a high intensity region and a low intensity region corresponding to an extraction target region to be extracted based on arrangement positions of the high intensity region and the low intensity region extracted by the region extraction unit; an outer frame determination unit that determines an outer frame corresponding to the combination of the high intensity region and the low intensity region; and a contour extraction unit that extracts a contour of the extraction target region based on image data within the outer frame determined by the outer frame determination unit.