Image processing apparatus, ultrasound diagnosis system, operation method of image processing apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium

An operation method of an image processing apparatus, the operation method comprising:

• causing a display to display an image having a first pointer superimposed thereon, the first pointer having a predetermined shape;
• moving a position of the first pointer within the image in accordance with an input position that is input from an input device;
• in response to a first confirmation operation for confirming the input position being input to the input device, setting a region corresponding to the position of the first pointer within the image as one region of interest;
• determining whether a distance between a first representative position of the first pointer and a second representative position of another region of interest, the first representative position of the first pointer being a position according to the input position that is input to the input device after the one region of interest is set, is shorter than a predetermined distance;
• and
• in response to determining that the distance between the first representative position and the second representative position is shorter than the predetermined distance:
• switching a first indicator of the another region of interest to a second indicator in a selected state notifying that the another region of interest is being selected;
• switching the first pointer to a second pointer different from the first pointer;
• and
• causing the display to display the image having the second indicator and the second pointer superimposed on the image.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having an executable program recorded therein, the executable program instructing a processor to execute the following:

• causing a display to display an image having a first pointer superimposed thereon, the first pointer having a predetermined shape;
• moving a position of the first pointer within the image in accordance with an input position that is input from an input device;
• in response to a first confirmation operation for confirming the input position being input to the input device, setting a region corresponding to the position of the first pointer within the image as one region of interest;
• determining whether a distance between a first representative position of the first pointer and a second representative position of another region of interest, the first representative position of the first pointer being a position according to the input position that is input to the input device after the one region of interest is set, is shorter than a predetermined distance;
• and
• in response to determining that the distance between the first representative position and the second representative position is shorter than the predetermined distance:
• switching a first indicator of the another region of interest to a second indicator in a selected state notifying that the another region of interest is being selected;
• switching the first pointer to a second pointer different from the first pointer;
• and
• causing the display to display the image having the second indicator and the second pointer superimposed on the image.