IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND MEDICAL OBSERVATION DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH AN IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, USING AN INTENSITY OR BRIGHTNESS-DEPENDENT VARIATION OF A PSEUDOCOLOR PATTERN CHARACTERISTIC
An image processing device (100) for a medical observation device (102), such as a microscope (104) or endoscope, is disclosed. The image processing device (100) comprises an image processor (106). The image processor (106) is configured to obtain a digital pseudocolor pattern (116), which has a pattern characteristic (118) and comprises a pseudocolor (120). The image processor (106) is further adapted to combine the digital pseudocolor pattern (116) with an input area (122) of retrieved digital input image (108, 110), thus forming a patterned region (124). Moreover, the image processor (106) is adapted to vary the pattern characteristic at a location (126) in the patterned region (124) depending on one of the intensity (I) and brightness (B) at a corresponding location (128) in the input area (122) of at least one of the digital input images (108, 110) and retrieved digital input image (108, 110)； and to output at least one digital output image (130) comprising the patterned region (124).
