Abstract: Provided is a method for observing a sebaceous gland, the method making it possible to observe dynamics of a sebaceous gland which dynamics are close to dynamics of a sebaceous gland in a living body. The method includes: an anchoring step of anchoring a sebaceous gland structure to a support so that a sebaceous gland that is included in the sebaceous gland structure and is to be observed and the support are not in biological contact with each other, the sebaceous gland structure being obtained by removing all or part of each of dermis and hypodermis from a skin tissue; and an observation step of observing the sebaceous gland structure obtained in the anchoring step.

Abstract: Provided is a method for observing a sebaceous gland, the method making it possible to observe dynamics of a sebaceous gland which dynamics are close to dynamics of a sebaceous gland in a living body. The method includes: an anchoring step of anchoring a sebaceous gland structure to a support so that a sebaceous gland that is included in the sebaceous gland structure and is to be observed and the support are not in biological contact with each other, the sebaceous gland structure being obtained by removing all or part of each of dermis and hypodermis from a skin tissue; and an observation step of observing the sebaceous gland structure obtained in the anchoring step.

Abstract: A method for observing a sebaceous gland, the method being useful for such applications as developing a cosmetic material or other external preparation, and including (I) a step for culturing, in a suspended state in a medium, a sebaceous gland structure in which the dermis and all or a portion of the subcutaneous tissue is removed from a skin tissue, and (II) a step for observing the cultured sebaceous gland structure obtained in step (I).

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image-processing apparatus includes an output unit, a tracker, a storage controller, a setter, and an output controller. The tracker tracks a target object in one or more time-series images. The storage controller stores tracking information including a movement trajectory of the object in a predetermined storage. The setter sets a detection region for detecting passing through of the object based on the movement trajectory of the object, on the image, in accordance with a user's operation. An evaluator evaluates a setting mode for the detection region based on the tracking information stored in the predetermined storage and the detection region set by the setter. The output controller outputs the tracking information stored in predetermined storage, from the output unit, in an output mode based on an evaluation result of the evaluator.