Title:
MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/201052
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides methods for colorizing and/or standardizing a medical image, comprising, for example, the steps of (i) receiving, in an image processing unit, digital image data obtained by an image capture device, wherein the digital image data includes a medical image; (ii) analyzing the data with the image processing unit to identify a region of interest; (iii) segmenting said region of interest; (iv) obtaining a measure of the pixel intensities in the segmented region of interest; (v) selecting an optimized color spectrum from a plurality of color spectra using the result of the measure of the pixel intensities in the segmented region of interest; (vi) colorizing the digital image data by mapping the selected color spectrum to the region of interest; and (vii) displaying the colorized medical image.
Inventors:
SMITH ANDREW (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2014/041793
Publication Date:
January 29, 2015
Filing Date:
June 10, 2014
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Assignee:
UNIV MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CT (US)
International Classes:
G09G5/02
Foreign References:
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Other References:
See also references of EP 3008722A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MYERS JR., Richard S et al. (401 Commerce StreetNashville, Tennessee, US)
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