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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Mckesson Financial Holdings, Hamilton, BM;
Azadeh Yazdan Panah Gohar Rizi, Vancouver, CA;
Mahmoud Ramze Rezaee, Vancouver, CA;
Change Healthcare LLC, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to enhance medical images by utilizing an enhancement function in order to permit a user to more efficiently and effectively read the medical images and provide diagnostic or other information based upon the enhanced images. In the context of a method, a medical image is received that has a plurality of pixels with respective pixel values. The method also enhances the medical image utilizing an enhancement function. The enhancement function varies depending upon the pixel value of a respective pixel. For example, the enhancement function of one embodiment may be a piecewise function. As such, the method enhances the medical image by modifying a representation of the medical image in accordance with the enhancement function.