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Method and apparatus for generating an output image from a volume data set

US10825215B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Thomas Brunner · Koblenzer Straße, DE
David Wenzel Kaltenbacher · Furtwangen, DE
Christoph Köhler · Bodolz, DE
Bernd Schreiber · Heroldsbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 2018
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 27, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T15/08
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for generating an output image from a volume data set that includes a plurality of voxels are provided. In the method, a rendered 2D image is generated from the volume data set by volume rendering. In order to generate an output image with adjusted brightness, which makes a manual readjustment of the brightness superfluous, an adjustment factor is determined based on a brightness value of pixels in the rendered 2D image. By multiplying a respective voxel brightness value of the voxels in the volume data set by the adjustment factor, a brightness-adjusted volume data set is generated. By volume rendering from the brightness-adjusted volume data set, the brightness-adjusted output image is generated.

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