Cell image analysis apparatus, cell image analysis system, method of generating training data, method of generating trained model, training data generation program, and method of producing training data

A cell removing apparatus capable of generating teaching data to be used for machine learning, the cell removing apparatus comprising:

• a microscope for providing an observable cellular image of an object for observation by a user and to generate a corresponding first cellular image of the object;
• a removal mechanism that removes a removal target from the object represented in a predetermined region within the observable cellular image;
• a teaching data generator that specifies the predetermined region within the observable cellular image as a removal target region and generates as the teaching data for machine learning, a label image that represents a location of the removal target region within the first cellular image;
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• a training data set generator that generates a set of the first cellular image and the label image as a first training data set to be used for the machine learning.

A method comprising:

• receiving a cellular image and a label image that represents a location of a removal target region within the cellular image;
• generating, by carrying out machine learning using the received cellular image and label image, a trained model that uses the cellular image as an input image and provides an image that represents a location of a removal target region within the input image as an output image;
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• transmitting the generated trained model to a cellular image analysis apparatus.

A method of generating teaching data to be used for machine learning, the method comprising:

• obtaining a cellular image of an object that includes a removal target, the cellular image being obtained by a microscope for observation of a cell;
• specifying a removal target region of the cellular image that includes an image of the removal target within the cellular image by performing predetermined image processing on the cellular image and
• generating as the teaching data for machine learning, a label image that represents a location of the removal target region within the cellular image;
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• generating a set of the cellular image and the label image as a training data set to be used for the machine learning.