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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2022
Screen Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Ryo Hasebe, Kyoto, JP;
SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An image processing method according to the present invention includes: obtaining three-dimensional image data representing a three-dimensional image of a fertilized egg in a cleavage stage obtained by imaging the fertilized egg by optical coherence tomography; extracting a blastomere region corresponding to an individual blastomere in the three-dimensional image for each blastomere based on the three-dimensional image data; obtaining a volume of each blastomere region based on a result of the extraction and the three-dimensional image data; and obtaining an index value expressing a volume variation of the blastomeres based on a derived result of the volumes. It is possible to provide useful quantitative information in evaluating a state of the fertilized egg.