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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2018
Thomas Brunner, Nuremberg, DE;
David Wenzel Kaltenbacher, Furtwangen, DE;
Christoph Köhler, Fürth, DE;
Bernd Schreiber, Forchheim, DE;
Thomas Brunner, Nuremberg, DE;
David Wenzel Kaltenbacher, Furtwangen, DE;
Christoph Köhler, Fürth, DE;
Bernd Schreiber, Forchheim, DE;
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for generating an output image from a volume data set that includes a plurality of voxels are provided. In the method, a rendered 2D image is generated from the volume data set by volume rendering. In order to generate an output image with adjusted brightness, which makes a manual readjustment of the brightness superfluous, an adjustment factor is determined based on a brightness value of pixels in the rendered 2D image. By multiplying a respective voxel brightness value of the voxels in the volume data set by the adjustment factor, a brightness-adjusted volume data set is generated. By volume rendering from the brightness-adjusted volume data set, the brightness-adjusted output image is generated.