Patent Document ID: 9911182
Application ID: 15284036
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: receiving, via a processor, ultrasound image data for an ultrasound image that includes a master dynamic range; generating a global tone mapping between the ultrasound image data and a displayable dynamic range that is less than the master dynamic range of the ultrasound image; receiving, via an electronic input device, information identifying a selected region of the ultrasound image for enhanced tone mapping; and displaying a transition between the global tone mapping for the selected region and a regional tone mapping of a subset of the ultrasound image data corresponding to the selected region, wherein the regional tone mapping of the selected region of the ultrasound image is different from the global tone mapping of the selected region of the ultrasound image, and wherein the regional tone mapping increases a contrast between at least two image elements within the selected region relative to the global tone mapping.