Patent ID: 7127097

Claim:
An image-processing apparatus for converting inputted first image data to second image data used in a visible-image outputting apparatus that forms a visible image based on said second image data, said image-processing apparatus comprising: a data-characteristics acquiring section to acquire data-characteristics of said first image data, including at least one of a gradation dynamic range and a frequency characteristic, by analyzing said first image data inputted into said image-processing apparatus; a memory section to store apparatus-characteristics of said visible-image outputting apparatus; and a processing section to adaptively change a data-converting method for converting said first image data to said second image data based on said data-characteristics of said first image data acquired by said data-characteristics acquiring section and said apparatus-characteristics of said visible-image outputting apparatus stored in said memory section; wherein said data-characteristics acquiring section selects associate data relating to said image data based on image data corresponding to an image of a part of a human body to be visualized by said visible-image outputting apparatus, and then said data-characteristics acquiring section acquires said data-characteristics of said first image data based on said associate data; and wherein said associate data includes information with respect to a name of a medical department in which said image of said part of the human body to be visualized by said visible-image outputting apparatus is utilized for making a diagnosis on said part of human body.