Cell image search apparatus, method, and program
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorTsuyoshi Matsumoto
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Abstract
The cell image search apparatus includes: an image set storage unit; a captured image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of captured images obtained by imaging cells in time series; an image feature amount extraction unit that extracts an image feature amount from each cell image of the image set and each of the plurality of captured images; an image search unit that searches for a captured image similar to each cell image of the image set, among the plurality of captured images, based on image feature amounts of each cell image of the image set and the plurality of captured images; and a search result output unit that outputs a search result in a case where captured images similar to at least two cell images included in the image set are searched for by the image search unit.
Claims12
A cell image search apparatus, comprising:
- a processor, and
- a memory coupled to the processor,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- store an image set including a plurality of cell images, each having information of sequence, at different points in time in a cell culturing process, the cell images obtained by imaging a specific cell in time series;
- acquire a plurality of captured images, each having information of sequence, obtained by imaging cells in time series;
- extract an image feature amount from each cell image of the image set and each of the plurality of captured images;
- search for a captured image similar to each cell image of the image set, among the plurality of captured images, based on image feature amounts of each cell image of the image set and the plurality of captured images;
- and
- output a search result in a case where a set of at least two captured images, each being similar to respective cell images included in the image set, the at least two captured images having the same imaging order in a sequence as the respective cell images, are found.
A cell image search method, comprising:
- storing an image set, which includes a plurality of cell images, each having information of sequence, at different points in time in a cell culturing process, in advance, the cell images obtained by imaging a specific cell in time series;
- acquiring a plurality of captured images, each having information of sequence, obtained by imaging cells in time series;
- extracting an image feature amount from each cell image of the image set and each of the plurality of captured images;
- searching for a captured image similar to each cell image of the image set, among the plurality of captured images, based on image feature amounts of each cell image of the image set and the plurality of captured images;
- and
- outputting a search result in a case where a set of at least two captured images, each being similar to respective cell images included in the image set, the at least two captured images having the same imaging order in a sequence as the respective cell images, are found.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a cell image search program for causing a computer to:
- acquire a plurality of captured images, each having information of sequence, obtained by imaging cells in time series;
- extract an image feature amount from each cell image of an image set, which is stored in advance and includes a plurality of cell images at different points in time in a cell culturing process, and each of the plurality of captured images;
- search for a captured image similar to each cell image of the image set, among the plurality of captured images, based on image feature amounts of each cell image of the image set and the plurality of captured images;
- and
- output a search result in a case where a set of at least two captured images, each being similar to respective cell images included in the image set, the at least two captured images having the same imaging order in a sequence as the respective cell images, are found.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.