PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processor for an endoscope capable of adapting emphasis processing to a subject to be emphasized, an endoscope device, an image processing program, an image processing method, or the like.SOLUTION: An image processor for an endoscope includes an image acquisition section 310 for acquiring a picked-up image including an image of a subject, a distance information acquisition section 320 for acquiring distance information based on a distance from an imaging section to the subject while imaging the picked-up image, a recess and protrusion specification section 350 for performing recesses and protrusions specification processing for specifying recessed and protruding sections of the subject which coincide with a characteristic specified with known characteristic information on the basis of the distance information and the known characteristic distance information being information representing a known characteristic on a structure of the subject, a biological mucous membrane specification section 370 for specifying an area of a biological mucous membrane in the picked-up image, and an emphasis processing section 340 for performing emphasis processing of the specified area of the biological mucous membrane on the basis of information of the recessed and protruding sections specified by the recesses and protrusions specification processing.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】強調すべき被写体に対して強調処理を適用することが可能な、内視鏡用画像処理装置、内視鏡装置、画像処理プログラム及び画像処理方法等を提供すること。【解決手段】内視鏡用画像処理装置は、被写体の像を含む撮像画像を取得する画像取得部310と、撮像画像を撮像する際の撮像部から被写体までの距離に基づく距離情報を取得する距離情報取得部320と、その距離情報と、被写体の構造に関する既知の特性を表す情報である既知特性情報とに基づいて、既知特性情報により特定される特性と合致する被写体の凹凸部を特定する凹凸特定処理を行う凹凸特定部350と、撮像画像における生体粘膜の領域を特定する生体粘膜特定部370と、特定された生体粘膜の領域を、凹凸特定処理により特定された凹凸部の情報に基づいて強調処理する強調処理部340と、を含む。【選択図】図1
