1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a hemorrhage edge candidate area extraction section for extracting a candidate area for the outline part of a hemorrhage area, based on an image signal of a medical image constituted by multiple color signals obtained by capturing an image of a living body; a feature quantity calculation section for calculating a feature quantity of the hemorrhage area based on calculation of the amount of change in the image signal in a small area including the candidate area, among multiple small areas obtained by dividing the medical image; and a hemorrhage edge determination section for determining whether or not the candidate area is the outline part of the hemorrhage area based on the feature quantity.