There is provided an information processing apparatus and method that allow a user to easily adequately move a display area by guiding a browsed part when a needle biopsy image is browsed. The information processing apparatus includes a storage unit to store a pathological image of a specimen and guide information along the center line of a shape of the specimen in the pathological image, a display control unit to display at least a part of the stored pathological image, as an observation image, on a screen, an input unit to receive an instruction for changing a range on the pathological image of the observation image displayed on the screen, from a user, and a control unit to calculate the range on the pathological image of the observation image based on the instruction and the stored guide information.
