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METHOD FOR ENHANCED DISPLAY OF IMAGE SLICES FROM 3-D VOLUME IMAGE

  • US 20180232944A1
  • Filed: 04/10/2018
  • Published: 08/16/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2014
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for rendering volume radiographic image content of a subject, the method executed at least in part on a computer and comprising:

  • acquiring a plurality of 2-D projection images by scanning the subject over a range of different exposure angles;

    processing the 2-D projection images to form a reconstructed volume, the reconstructed volumes having Hounsfield values;

    extracting a 2-D image slice from the reconstructed volume and identifying at least first and second image features within the extracted 2-D image slice;

    generating a first set of enhanced parameters for the first identified image feature in the 2-D image slice;

    generating a second set of enhanced parameters for the second identified image feature in the 2-D image slice;

    combining the first and second set of enhanced parameters;

    using the combined enhanced parameters, rendering an enhanced 2-D image slice;

    preserving the Hounsfield values of the enhanced 2-D image slice by corresponding the Hounsfield values of the extracted 2-D image slice with the enhanced 2-D image;

    displaying, storing, or transmitting the enhanced 2-D image slice in display space; and

    in response to a user request, displaying at least one of the preserved, corresponding Hounsfield values.

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