Image processing method to generate a panoramic image

Abstract

An image processing method to provide a final panoramic image of at least a portion of a head of a patient, wherein a plurality of different provisional panoramic images are calculated from captured frame data sets through the variation of a reconstruction parameter; the provisional panoramic images are scanned for recognizable structures; the imaging quality of the recognizable structures is determined; the variation of the at least one reconstruction parameter for the calculation of different provisional panoramic images of those frame data sets which have recognizable structures with the highest imaging quality is determined; and with reference to the determined variation of the reconstruction parameter of step a final panoramic image is calculated. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which cause a computer to perform the method and an imaging system having such a storage medium are also described.