Image display device and image display system for improving diagnosis using digital microscope

1. An image display device, comprising:

a display circuitry configured to display a plurality of pathological slide images, a plurality of cancer index lists, a pathological index cursor and a plurality of index lists; and

a display combining circuitry configured to:

transmit a request to an information provision circuitry for a cancer index list of the plurality of cancer index lists based on an identifier corresponding to a pathological slide image from the plurality of pathological slide images;

receive, from the information provision circuitry, the cancer index list associated with the pathological slide image;

display a combined pathological slide image that includes the cancer index list with the pathological slide image,

wherein the plurality of cancer index lists are at least one of a type of data including cancer invasion distance data, cancer invasion area data, cancer invasion depth data, cancer staining data, nucleo-cytoplasmic ratio data, etiological microbe number data, or cancer stage classification data,

wherein the identifier is at least a slide ID, and

wherein the information provision circuitry stores data that links the identifier to the pathological slide image;

control the pathological index cursor to illuminate based on a diagnostic threshold value, wherein the pathological index cursor is movable over the pathological slide image; and

determine a size of the pathological index cursor based on a size of a sample and a size of the pathological slide image.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the information provision circuitry comprises an information holding circuitry that stores data corresponding to the plurality pathological of slide images, the plurality of index lists corresponding to the plurality of cancer index lists, and

a data response circuitry configured to acquire data corresponding to the plurality of pathological slide images and the plurality of index lists corresponding to the plurality of cancer index lists from the information holding circuitry based on information corresponding to the pathological slide image, and

transmit the combined pathological slide image to a display control circuitry.

3. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display combining circuitry is further configured to change a size of the cancer index list based on a changed magnification of the pathological slide image.

4. An image processing method, comprising:

displaying a plurality of pathological slide images, a plurality of cancer index lists, a pathological index cursor and a plurality of index lists;

transmitting, by a display combining circuitry, a request to an information provision circuitry for a cancer index list of the plurality of cancer index lists based on an identifier corresponding to a pathological slide image from the plurality of pathological slide images;

receiving, by the display combining circuitry, from the information provision circuitry the cancer index list associated with the pathological slide image;

displaying, by the display combining circuitry, a combined pathological slide image that includes the cancer index list with the pathological slide image,

wherein the plurality of cancer index lists are at least one of a type of data including cancer invasion distance data, cancer invasion area data, cancer invasion depth data, cancer staining data, nucleo-cytoplasmic ratio data, etiological microbe number data, or cancer stage classification data,

wherein the identifier is at least a slide ID, and

wherein the information provision circuitry stores data that links the identifier to the pathological slide image;

controlling the pathological index cursor to illuminate based on a diagnostic threshold value, wherein the pathological index cursor is movable over the pathological slide image; and

determining a size of the pathological index cursor based on a size of a sample and size of the pathological slide image.

5. The image processing method according to claim 4 , further comprising:

storing, by an information holding circuitry, data corresponding to the plurality of pathological slide images, the plurality of index lists corresponding to the plurality of cancer index lists, and

acquiring, by a data response circuitry, data corresponding to the plurality of pathological slide images and the plurality of index lists corresponding to the plurality of cancer index lists from the information holding circuitry based on information corresponding to the pathological slide image, and

transmitting the combined pathological slide image to a display control circuitry.

6. The image processing method according to claim 4 , further comprising, changing, by the display combining circuitry, a size of the cancer index list based on a changed magnification of the pathological slide image.

7. A microscope system, comprising:

an image display system including an image display device comprising:

a display circuitry configured to display a of plurality pathological slide images, a plurality of cancer index lists, a pathological index cursor and a plurality of index lists; and

a display combining circuitry configured to:

transmit a request to an information provision circuitry for a cancer index list of the plurality of cancer index lists based on an identifier corresponding to a pathological slide image from the plurality of pathological slide images;

receive, from the information provision circuitry, the cancer index list associated with the pathological slide image;

display a combined pathological slide image that includes the of cancer index list with the pathological slide image,

wherein the plurality of cancer index lists are at least one of a type of data including cancer invasion distance data, cancer invasion area data, cancer invasion depth data, cancer staining data, nucleo-cytoplasmic ratio data, etiological microbe number data, or cancer stage classification data,

wherein the identifier is at least a slide ID, and

wherein the information provision circuitry stores data that links the identifier to the pathological slide image;

control the pathological index cursor to illuminate based on a diagnostic threshold value, wherein the pathological index cursor is movable over the pathological slide image; and

determine a size of the pathological index cursor based on a size of a sample and size of the pathological slide image.