IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a device for easily providing a tissue image under an obstacle by reducing the influence of reflection, absorption and scattering due to the obstacle preventing visual recognition upon image forming as much as possible and clearly observing the tissue image under the obstacle. SOLUTION: An image processor for determining an operation processing method for generating a transparent image for an observation target covered with the obstacle by learning is provided with an imaging data inputting part for inputting imaging data of the obstacle and a learning object covered with the obstacle by an infrared ray, an image data operation processing part 125 for generating transparent image data of the learning object by operating the imaging data and an image data comparing part 126 for comparing the transparent image data of the learning object with previously acquired image data of the learning object. The image data operation processing part 125 changes an imaging data operation processing method so as to reduce difference between the transparent image data and the previously acquired image data of the learning object on the basis of comparison data from the image data comparing part 126. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI