Patent ID: 11875431
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 8:
9. A method for image processing, comprising:
capturing image data of an anatomy of interest;
receiving a request to visualize the image data;
determining based on at least the image data, different image data or on contextual data, an energy value for forming from the image data a monochromatic image; and
forming the monochromatic image based on the determined energy value and the image data, wherein the determining of energy value is based on an energy curve fitted to the image data; wherein the image data forms part of a series of sectional images acquired of the anatomy of interest, or such sectional images derivable from the image data, the sectional images relating to different imaging locations along an imaging axis of the anatomy, the energy curve fitted to energy value control points assigned to at least a sub-set of the different imaging locations, each energy value control point representing a respective known energy value for a respective one of the sub-set of different imaging locations.