Patent ID: 6993171

Claim:
A method of colorizing a radiological medical image comprising: a step of obtaining a two-dimensional radiologic scan data set, wherein said radiologic scan data set contains radiologic density values of an anatomical region of interest; a step of establishing a color spectrum comprising plurality of color bands; wherein an individual color band of said plurality of color bands exhibits predetermined low opacity at the bottom of said color band, and gradually increases to 100% opacity toward the top portion of said color band, and then blended to low opacity of a next color band; wherein said plurality of color bands are disposed adjacent each other, so that said color spectrum contains smoothly and continuously varying colors; a step of mapping said color spectrum to said radiologic scan data set, wherein said individual color band is mapped onto a predetermined sub-range of said radiologic density values contained in said radiologic scan data set, wherein said predetermined sub-range corresponds to characteristic density values for different anatomical tissue types, a step of displaying such colorized radiologic scan data set.