Patent Document ID: 7817837
Application ID: 11596231
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing device including image creating means for creating each of a smoothened image and a sharpened image with respect to at least a part of pixel-based image data for a medical image, and mixed image creating means for mixing the smoothened image and the sharpened image created by the image creating means to create a mixed image, comprising: analysis quantity calculating means for calculating for each of plural pixels in the image data an analysis quantity based on a matrix that surrounds each pixel of the image data and has any matrix size; control means for controlling a mixing ratio between the smoothened image and the sharpened image in the mixed image creating means in accordance with the analysis quantity calculated by the analysis quantity calculating means; and display means for displaying the mixed image that is controlled by the control means and output from the mixed image generating means; wherein the image creating means creates the smoothened image with changing an averaging weight in accordance with at least one of a similarity of pixel values in a smoothening matrix and a distance from a center pixel to average pixel values in the smoothening matrix.