Patent Document ID: 7796733
Application ID: 12024320
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for generating and processing an image comprising the steps of: subjecting a person to an X-ray source; detecting X-ray radiation; generating an original image, having a plurality of regions wherein each region has an associated scatter intensity, from said detected X-ray radiation; using a processor, identifying in said original image a first region having a first scatter intensity and a second region having a second scatter intensity by comparing the scatter intensity of each of said plurality of regions to a threshold value, wherein the first scatter intensity is greater than the second scatter intensity; creating a first region image from the first region and a second region image from the second region wherein the second region image is representative of off-body areas of the original image; and individually processing the first region image and the second region image to create a first processed region image and a second processed region image.