摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the detection capacity for an abnormal shadow candidate in the image of a subject in an abnormal shadow detection device. <P>SOLUTION: A candidate region detection means 10 equipped with one or more kinds of detection processing means 11-14 is constituted so that the candidate region is detected on the basis of image data P showing the image of the subject by each of the detection processing means. A judge means 20 is constituted so that it is judged whether the candidate region detected by each of the detection processing means is malignant shadow, by each of judge processing means 21-24 different at each kind of detection processing and only the candidate region judged to be malignant shadow is detected as an abnormal shadow candidate Qj by an abnormal shadow candidate detecting means 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI |