Cell tracking correction method, cell tracking correction device, and storage medium which stores non-transitory computer-readable cell tracking correction program

A cell tracking correction apparatus comprising:

• a display configured to display images;
• a user interface configured to accept an input from a user;
• and
• a processor comprising hardware, wherein the processor is configured to perform processes comprising:
• estimating a position of at least one cell in a plurality of images acquired by time-lapse photography, and tracking the position of the cell;
• generating a plurality of nearby area images of a nearby area including the cell from the images of photography time points of the time-lapse photography, based on the tracked position of the cell at each of the photography time points of the time-lapse photography;
• displaying the plurality of nearby area images on the display;
• accepting, via the user interface, an input of a correction amount for correcting the position of the cell with respect to one of the plurality of nearby area images displayed on the display unit;
• and
• correcting the tracked position of the cell corresponding to the nearby area image, in accordance with the correction amount.

A storage medium, which non-transitory stores a computer-readable cell tracking correction program, causing a computer to realize:

• a cell tracking processing function of estimating a position of at least one cell in a plurality of images acquired by time-lapse photography, and tracking the position of the cell;
• a nearby area image generation function of generating a plurality of nearby area images of a nearby area including the cell from the images of photography time points of the time-lapse photography, based on the tracked position of the cell at each of the photography time points of the time-lapse photography;
• a display function of displaying the plurality of nearby area images on a display unit;
• a user interface function of accepting an input of a correction amount for correcting the position of the cell with respect to one of the plurality of nearby area images displayed on the display unit;
• and
• a position shift correction function of correcting the tracked position of the cell corresponding to the nearby area image, in accordance with the correction amount.