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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Amar Chandra Dhanantwari, Solon, OH (US);
Gezheng Wen, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/40 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/008 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/461 (2013.01); A61B 6/52 (2013.01); A61B 6/5294 (2013.01); G06T 5/009 (2013.01); G06T 5/40 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20208 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30008 (2013.01); G06T 2211/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computed tomography (CT) image display system () includes a mapping unit (), which receives reconstructed volumetric image data () of a subject with values in Hounsfield Units (HU), and a set of reference settings (), adjusts the set of reference settings () to an adjusted set of reference settings () according to a pixel-value distribution analysis of the HU values selected according to the reference settings (), and maps the values in HU to gray scale values according to the adjusted reference settings ().