Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program

An image processing method, comprising:

• specifying an obstruction to observation in a first examination image, from among a plurality of examination images that represent the interior of a subject having a lumen imaged by a medical image obtaining apparatus;
• specifying a portion within a second examination image, from among the plurality of examination images in which the obstruction to observation has not been specified, corresponding to the obstruction to observation specified within the first examination image;
• generating a plurality of observation images that enable visualization of the interior of the lumen, from the plurality of examination images;
• and
• indicating the portion corresponding to the specified obstruction to observation within an observation image generated from the second examination image.

A non transitory computer readable medium having stored therein a program that causes at least one computer to execute the procedures of:

• specifying an obstruction to observation in a first examination image, from among a plurality of examination images that represent the interior of a subject having a lumen imaged by a medical image obtaining apparatus;
• specifying a portion within a second examination image, from among the plurality of examination images in which the obstruction to observation has not been specified, corresponding to the obstruction to observation specified within the first examination image;
• generating a plurality of observation images that enable visualization of the interior of the lumen, from the plurality of examination images;
• and
• indicating the portion corresponding to the specified obstruction to observation within an observation image generated from the second examination image.