Patent Document ID: 20070195061
Application ID: 11653382
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image reproduction apparatus having medical image input means for inputting a medical image obtained by imaging of a subject, imaging menu display means for displaying a imaging menu including exclusively selectable imaging menu items regarding imaging information of the medical image, imaging menu acceptance means for accepting selection of the imaging menu items from the displayed imaging menu, image processing means for carrying out image processing on the medical image in order to convert the medical image into an image appropriate for reproduction according to the selected imaging menu item accepted by the imaging menu acceptance means, and reproduction means for reproducing the medical image having been subjected to the image processing, the image reproduction apparatus comprising: index value calculation means for calculating an index value representing an anatomical characteristic from the medical image; and judgment means for judging the most appropriate imaging menu item to be selected from the imaging menu items, based on the calculated index value.