IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

摘要

Provided is an image processing apparatus comprising a recording section that records information identifying diseases in association with polarization characteristics of disease positions having a disease; an image acquiring section that acquires a polarized image captured at an observed position by an endoscope, the polarized image being captured using light having a plurality of different polarization states; a determining section that determines the disease by comparing (i) the polarization characteristic of the observed position acquired from the polarized image to (ii) the polarization characteristics recorded in the recording section; and a notification section that notifies a user with information specifying the disease determined by the determining section.