PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing apparatus capable of simple and rapid evaluation of a cross-sectional image.SOLUTION: The image processing apparatus includes: a cross-sectional image storage 11 for storing one or more cross-sectional images showing the cross-section of a living body a region-of-interest setting section 13 for setting one or more regions of interest that have a plurality of discontinuous regions in the cross-sectional image an evaluation value acquiring section 16 for acquiring an evaluation value being a value for evaluating each region of interest, for each region of interest and an evaluation value output section 17 for outputting the evaluation value that the evaluation value acquiring section 16 has acquired.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】簡便かつ高速に断面画像の評価を行うことが可能な画像処理装置を提供する。【解決手段】生体の断面を示す画像である1以上の断面画像が格納される断面画像格納部11と、断面画像について、複数の不連続な領域を有する関心領域を1以上設定する関心領域設定部13と、各関心領域ごとに、各関心領域を評価するための値である評価値を取得する評価値取得部16と、評価値取得部16が取得した評価値を出力する評価値出力部17とを備えた。【選択図】図1
