Patent ID: 7684597
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. An image processing method of producing an image proper for diagnosis from image data of a radiation image corresponding to an irradiation dose of radiation having passed through a radiographed object with an image processing apparatus, comprising: an image processing step of conducting an image processing on the image data of the radiation image to produce a visual image of the radiation image based on an image processing condition including at least one or more parameters having a preliminarily-set default value; an image processing condition adjusting step of adjusting plural times the parameters of the image processing condition to change at least one of an image density, a contrast and a degree of an edge enhancement in the visual image; an adjustment result recording step of recording the adjustment result of the parameters in the plural adjustments in the image processing condition adjusted in the image processing condition adjusting step; and a parameter changing step of renewing the default value of at least one of the parameters in the image processing condition based on the adjustment results of the plural adjustments recorded in the adjustment result recording step, wherein the parameter changing step changes the parameter with regard to the parameter having a continuous value so that the average value of the parameter adjustment amounts of the plural times stored in the parameter memorizing step is decreased.