PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect, with high accuracy, the movement of a blood vessel caused by a hand shake and body movement on the basis of a result of ultrasonic measurement.SOLUTION: An image processing apparatus is provided that comprises a processing unit for processing an in-vivo image. The processing unit performs: continuous acquisition of the cross sectional image of a biological tissue including a predetermined blood vessel detection of the movement of the biological tissue including the predetermined blood vessel, on the basis of variation in the cross sectional image and detection of the movement of the predetermined blood vessel while excluding the pulse portion of the predetermined blood vessel from a result of the detection of the movement of the biological tissue.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 15COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】超音波測定の測定結果から手ブレや体動による血管の動きを精度良く検出すること。【解決手段】生体内部の画像を処理する処理部を備えた画像処理装置であって、前記処理部は、所定血管を含む生体組織の断面画像を連続的に取得することと、前記断面画像の画像変化に基づいて、前記所定血管を含む前記生体組織の動きを検出することと、前記生体組織の動きの検出結果から前記所定血管の脈動分を除外して、前記所定血管の動きを検出することと、を実行する画像処理装置である。【選択図】図15
