TECHNIQUE FOR CLASSIFYING CELLS, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING THE TECHNIQUE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL MASS

摘要

An image processing program AP comprises: a step (S1) of reading time-lapse images; a step (S2) of extracting cells in a viewing image from each time point and performing labeling and cell association; and a step (S3) of determining the maturity of a cell included in the viewing image from a designated time point tc. In step (S4), an ID is assigned for a cell determined to be mature, and in step (S5), ID inheritance is performed by cell tracking of the time-lapse images in the backward or forward direction of time along the time axis. In step (S6), the number of unifications of cells is computed, and cells are classified on the basis of the inherited ID information, and the results of analysis are outputted in step (S7).