Patent ID: 9747700
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G06T

Claim:
1. A method of colorizing a medical image, comprising: receiving, in an image processor, digital image data obtained by a digital image capture device, wherein the digital image data comprises at least one medical image; analyzing the digital image data with the image processor to identify a region of interest in the medical image represented by the digital image data, wherein the region of interest comprises at least one pixel; segmenting said region of interest from the digital image data to form at least a first image segment and a second image segment, wherein the first image segment comprises the region of interest; measuring at least one pixel intensity value for at least one pixel in the first image segment to obtain at least one measurement value; using the at least one measurement to calculate at least one statistical value; providing a plurality of color spectra, wherein each color spectrum comprises at least one color and relates the at least one color to at least one color value; selecting a color spectrum from the plurality of color spectra, wherein the selected color spectrum comprises at least one color value that corresponds to the calculated statistical value; mapping the selected color spectrum to the region of interest by applying at least one color of the color spectrum to at least one pixel having a pixel intensity value that corresponds to the related color value of the color spectrum; and colorizing the region of interest with the selected color spectrum.