Image display method, image display device, and program

An image display device that displays a result of detecting a cell region from a stained image obtained by immunostaining, the image display device comprising:

• a display that displays an image;
• a storage that stores a stained image group and a cell detection image for each of a plurality of visual fields, said stained image group including a plurality of types of stained images of a sample obtained by immunostaining, said cell detection image indicating a cell region detected from said stained image group by a predetermined detection method;
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• a display controller that overlays and displays said stained image group and said cell detection image on a screen of said display,
• wherein said screen has a display mode that is switchable under control of said display controller between:
• a first display mode in which a first display image group is displayed in order on said screen, said first display image group including two or more overlay images that are obtained respectively for two or more visual fields among said plurality of visual fields, said two or more overlay images each being obtained by overlaying said cell detection image and one stained image included in said stained image group;
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• a second display mode in which a second display image group is displayed in order on said screen, said second display image group including two or more overlay images that are obtained for one visual field among said plurality of visual fields, said two or more overlay images each being obtained by overlaying said cell detection image and one of two or more stained images included in said stained image group.

A program for displaying a result of detecting a cell region from a stained image obtained by immunostaining, said program being executed by a computer to:

• a) for each of a plurality of visual fields on a sample, prepare a stained image group that includes a plurality of types of stained images obtained by immunostaining;
• b) for each of said plurality of visual fields, prepare a cell detection image that indicates a cell region detected from said stained image group by a predetermined detection method;
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• c) overlay and display said stained image group and said cell detection image on a screen,
• wherein, in said operation c), said screen has a display mode that is switchable between:
• a first display mode in which a first display image group is displayed in order on said screen, said first display image group including two or more overlay images that are obtained respectively for two or more visual fields among said plurality of visual fields, said two or more overlay images each being obtained by overlaying said cell detection image and one stained image included in said stained image group;
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• a second display mode in which a second display image group is displayed in order on said screen, said second display image group including two or more overlay images that are obtained for one visual field among said plurality of visual fields, said two or more overlay images each being obtained by overlaying said cell detection image and one of two or more stained images included in said stained image group.