JPWO2020025403A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (10)

an input interface for receiving a request to visualize image data captured from an anatomy of interest by an imaging device configured for spectral or dual energy imaging ;
an energy value determiner that determines an energy value based on at least one of the image data, different image data and contextual data;
an image synthesizer for forming a monochrome image from the image data based on the determined energy values;
An image processing system having
The determination by the energy value determiner is based on an energy curve fitted to the image data, the image data forming part of a series of cross-sectional images acquired from the anatomy ; different cross-sectional images are derivable from the image data, the cross-sectional images are associated with different imaging positions along an imaging axis of the anatomy, and the energy curves are assigned to at least a subset of the different imaging positions. energy value control points, each energy value control point representing a respective known energy value for each location in the subset of different imaging locations;
image processing system. 2. The image processing system of claim 1 , comprising a visualization device for performing visualization of said monochromatic image on a display device. a tissue type determiner for determining one or more respective tissue types represented by each of said cross-sectional images or derivable from said or other contextual data, wherein said energy value control points are said determined tissue types; 3. An image processing system according to claim 1 or claim 2 , corresponding to each of one or more of . 4. The image processing system of claim 3 , wherein said energy curve is a sigmoidal curve. 5. An image processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the anatomical structure of interest is the head of a human or animal patient. 6. An image processing system according to any preceding claim, comprising a user interface allowing a user to adjust said determined energy value. 7. An image processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein said image data comprises spectral information, said image data being acquired by dual energy or spectral imaging. An imaging device for supplying the image data, the imaging device comprising the image processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 7 . receiving a request to visualize image data captured from an anatomy of interest by an imaging device configured for spectral or dual energy imaging ;
determining energy values for forming a monochromatic image from the image data based at least on the image data, different image data or contextual data;
forming said monochrome image based on said determined energy values and said image data;
An image processing method comprising
The step of determining the energy value is based on an energy curve fitted to the image data, the image data forming part of a series of cross-sectional images acquired from the anatomy ; different cross-sectional images are derivable from the image data, the cross-sectional images are associated with different imaging positions along an imaging axis of the anatomy, and the energy curves are assigned to at least a subset of the different imaging positions. energy value control points, each energy value control point representing a respective known energy value for each location in the subset of different imaging locations;
Image processing method. A computer readable medium comprising instructions which , when executed by at least one processing unit, cause the processing unit to perform the image processing method of claim 9 .