MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM

The present invention aims to provide a medical image processing apparatus, a medical image processing method, a program, and an endoscope system that report a region of interest without interrupting observation of a medical image. The above problem is solved by a medical image processing apparatus including: an emphasis processing unit that emphasizes a position of a region of interest included in a plurality of medical images sequentially displayed on a display unit; and a transition time setting unit that sets a transition time in accordance with a feature quantity of the region of interest, in which the emphasis processing unit emphasizes the position of the region of interest at a first emphasis level and, after the transition time has elapsed from emphasis at the first emphasis level, emphasizes the position of the region of interest at a second emphasis level relatively lower than the first emphasis level.