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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2005
Jianying LI, New Berlin, WI (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Fang Frank Dong, New Berlin, WI (US);
Thomas John Myers, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
George Edward Seidenschnur, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jianying Li, New Berlin, WI (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Fang Frank Dong, New Berlin, WI (US);
Thomas John Myers, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
George Edward Seidenschnur, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for locally enhancing image data represented as pixels having CT numbers is provided. The image data includes bony structures, and the method comprises segmenting pixels within the image data into areas based on the pixel's CT number. A first area represents a combination of soft tissue and lower density bones and a second area represents higher density bones. A subset of pixels is identified within the first area representative of the lower density bones. An enhancement is applied to the subset of pixels within the first area and to the second area to create an enhanced dataset, and a locally enhanced image is generated based on the image data and the enhanced dataset.