An image diagnosis supporting system comprising a means for reading in
image data representative of the image of a subject acquired by a medical
imaging apparatus, a means for detecting an abnormal shadow candidate
satisfying at least one of a plurality of criteria for abnormal shadow
criteria from the image thus read in, and a means for displaying the
image thus read in and a marker indicative of the abnormal shadow
candidate thus detected in a superimposed state.The image diagnosis
supporting system is further provided with a means for setting criteria
supporting judgment of the abnormal shadow candidate detected by the
abnormal shadow candidate detecting means as judgment supporting
criteria, and a control means for displaying the judgment supporting
criteria thus set, the abnormal shadow candidate and the marker
simultaneously on the display means.Accordingly, it is possible to
support the user in accurately judging the type of an abnormal shadow
candidate.