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Concurrent display of medical images from different imaging modalities

US9600879B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Daniel Bystrov · Hamburg, DE
Torbjorn Vik · Hamburg, DE
Heinrich Schulz · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 17, 2014
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 8, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30004
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for use in the concurrent display of medical images from different imaging modalities. A system and a computer program product for use in relation to the method are also disclosed. In the method, a primary image and a secondary image from a different imaging modality are fused. In the fused image, a first pixel group from the primary image having primary image data values within a first range are mapped to grayscale image values. A second pixel group from the primary image having primary image data values within at least a second range are identified, and the secondary image data values of corresponding pixels in the secondary image are mapped to color image values in the fused image.

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