There is provided an image processing device which is able to generate a display image of virtual section, which is equivalent to an image of an observation view field of an optical microscope, corresponding to a predetermined number field of a microscope.
There is provided an image processing device which is able to generate a display image of virtual section, which is equivalent to an image of an observation view field of an optical microscope. comprises an image processing device processes the image data of a virtual section, to be displayed on an image display device, an image data acquisition unit that acquires the image data obtained by picking up an image of a target object, and , Generates the display image data, an image data generation unit, corresponding to the image of the target object to be displayed on the image display device in a display magnification corresponding to a predetermined number field of a microscope.