As for the picture diagnostic support device of this invention, the setting which sets the information which supports the decision of the abnormal shadow candidacy which is detected graphics data reading expedient and the description above which read the graphics data which displays the picture of the suffering inspection body which is acquired by the medical picture photographing device abnormal shadow candidacy detection expedient and the description above which detect the abnormal shadow candidacy which from the picture which is read satisfies at least one of plural abnormal shadow information the picture and the description above which are read the indicatory expedient which it is superimposed indicates the marker which shows the abnormal shadow candidacy which is detected and, in the picture diagnostic support device which it has, by the aforementioned abnormal shadow candidacy detection expedient as information of decision supportExpedient and the said information and the aforementioned abnormal shadow candidacy and the aforementioned marker of the decision support which is set are had the control means which are made to indicate in the aforementioned indicatory expedient simultaneously and. With this, it is possible to support the fact that classification of abnormal shadow candidacy is decided precisely.本発明の画像診断支援装置は、医用画像撮影装置により取得された被検体の画像を表す画像データを読み込む画像データ読み込み手段と、前記読み込まれた画像から複数の異常陰影情報の少なくとも一つを満たす異常陰影候補を検出する異常陰影候補検出手段と、前記読み込まれた画像と前記検出された異常陰影候補を示すマーカとを重畳表示する表示手段と、を備えた画像診断支援装置において、前記異常陰影候補検出手段によって検出された異常陰影候補の判定を支援する情報を判定支援情報として設定する設定手段と、該設定された判定支援情報と前記異常陰影候補と前記マーカを前記表示手段に同時表示させる制御手段と、を備える。これによって、異常陰影候補の種別を的確に判定することを支援することができる。
