Image processing of organs depending on organ intensity characteristics
US9996922B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 8, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30101
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of processing a medical image comprising an organ, the method comprising: obtaining a medical image; automatically estimating one or more organ intensity characteristics in the image, from contents of a region of the image that appears to correspond, at least in part, to at least a portion of the organ; providing a plurality of sets of organ intensity characteristics, each set a different example of possible intensity characteristics of the organ; choosing one of the plurality of sets, that has organ intensity characteristics that provide a better match than one or more other sets to the estimated organ intensity characteristics of the image; setting values of one or more image processing parameters based on the organ intensity characteristics of the chosen set; and automatically processing the image using said values of image processing parameters.
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