Information processing method, information processing device, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024354913-A1
Application number	US-202218560699-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 24, 2022
Priority date	May 27, 2021
Publication date	Oct 24, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

There are provided an information processing method, an information processing device, and a program capable of displaying an image in a more appropriate dynamic range.
The information processing method includes: a storage step of storing first image data of a unit region image, a unit region being each region obtained by dividing a fluorescence image into a plurality of regions, and a first value indicating a predetermined pixel value range for each piece of the first image data in association with each other; and a conversion step of converting a pixel value of a combination image of a combination of the unit region images that have been selected on the basis of a representative value selected from among the first values associated with the unit region images of the combination of the unit region images that have been selected.

First claim

1 . An information processing method comprising:
a storage step of storing first image data of a unit region image, a unit region being each region obtained by dividing a fluorescence image into a plurality of regions, and a first value indicating a predetermined pixel value range for each piece of the first image data in association with each other; and a conversion step of converting a pixel value of a combination image of a combination of the unit region images that have been selected on a basis of a representative value selected from among the first values associated with the unit region images of the combination of the unit region images that have been selected.

2 . The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the combination of the unit region images that have been selected corresponds to an observation range to be displayed on a display section, and a range of the combination of the unit region images is changed according to the observation range.

3 . The information processing method according to claim 2 further comprising a display control step of causing the display section to display a range corresponding to the observation range.

4 . The information processing method according to claim 2 , wherein the observation range corresponds to an observation range of a microscope, and the range of the combination of the unit region images is changed according to a magnification of the microscope.

5 . The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the first image data is image data in which a range of a dynamic range is adjusted on a basis of a pixel value range acquired in original image data of the first image data according to a predetermined rule.

6 . The information processing method according to claim 5 , wherein a pixel value of the original image data is obtained by multiplying the first image data with the representative value that is associated with the first image data.

7 . The information processing method according to claim 6 , wherein the storage step further stores second image data having a size different from a size of a region of the first image data with respect to the fluorescence image, the second image data being obtained by subdividing the fluorescence image into a plurality of regions, and
a first value indicating a pixel value range for each piece of the second image data in association with each other.

8 . The information processing method according to claim 7 , wherein a combination of pieces of the second image data corresponding to the observation range is selected in a case where a magnification of the microscope exceeds a predetermined value, and
the conversion step converts a pixel value for the combination of the pieces of the second image data that has been selected on a basis of a representative value selected from the first values associated with the pieces of the second image data of the combination of the pieces of the second image data that has been selected.

9 . The information processing method according to claim 8 , wherein the pixel value range is a range based on a statistic in the original image data corresponding to the first image data.

10 . The information processing method according to claim 9 , wherein the statistic is any one of a maximum value, a mode, and a median.

11 . The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the pixel value range is a range between a minimum value in the original image data and the statistic.

12 . The information processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the first image data is data obtained by dividing a pixel value of the original image data corresponding to the unit region image by the first value, and
the conversion step multiplies each piece of the first image data in the unit region images that have been selected by the corresponding first value and divides an obtained value by a maximum value of the first values associated with the combination of the unit region images that have been selected.

13 . The information processing method according to claim 12 further comprising:
a first input step of inputting a method of calculating the statistic;
an analysis step of calculating the statistic according to an input of the input section; and
a data generation step of generating first image data obtained by dividing a fluorescence image into a plurality of regions and a first value indicating a pixel value range for each piece of the first image data on a basis of an analysis in the analysis step.

14 . The information processing method according to claim 13 further comprising a second input step of further inputting information regarding at least one of the display magnification or the observation range, and
the conversion step selecting a combination of the first images according to an input of the second input step.

15 . The information processing method according to claim 14 ,
wherein the display control step causes the display section to display display modes related to the first input step and the second input step, the method further comprises an operation step of giving an instruction on a position of any one of the display modes, and the first input step and the second input step input related information according to an instruction in the operation step.

16 . The information processing method according to claim 15 ,
wherein the fluorescence image is one of a plurality of fluorescence images generated by an imaging target for each of a plurality of fluorescence wavelengths, and the method further comprises a data generation step of dividing each of the plurality of fluorescence images into image data and a coefficient that is the first value for the image data.

17 . The information processing method according to claim 16 further comprising an analysis step of performing cell analysis on a basis of a pixel value converted in the conversion step, and
the analysis step of performing the cell analysis being performed on a basis of an image range of a range on which an instruction is given by an operator.

18 . An information processing device comprising:
a storage section that stores first image data obtained by dividing a fluorescence image into a plurality of regions, and a first value indicating a predetermined pixel value range for each piece of the first image data in association with each other; and a conversion section that converts a pixel value of a combination image of a combination of the first images that have been selected on a basis of a representative value selected from among the first values associated with the first images of the combination of the first images that have been selected.

19 . A program causing an information processing device to execute:
a storage step of storing first image data obtained by dividing a fluorescence image into a plurality of regions, and a first value indicating a predetermined pixel value range for each piece of the first image data in association with each other; and a conversion step of converting a pixel value of a combination image of a combination of the first images that have been selected on a basis of a representative value selected from among the first values associated with the first images of the combination of the first images that have been selected.

Assignees

• Sony Group Corp

Inventors

• Ikeda Kenji
• Tatsuta Hirokazu
• Nakagawa Kazuhiro
• Yasukawa Sakiko

Classifications

• G02B21/367

  providing an output produced by processing a plurality of individual source images, e.g. image tiling, montage, composite images, depth sectioning, image comparison · CPC title

• G02B21/16

  adapted for ultraviolet illumination {; Fluorescence microscopes (G02B21/0076 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G01N2201/103

  Scanning by mechanical motion of stage · CPC title

• G01N2021/6441

  with two or more labels · CPC title

• G01N2021/6419

  Excitation at two or more wavelengths · CPC title