Medical Image Processing Method

A method of colorizing a medical image, comprising:

• receiving, in an image processing unit, 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 processing unit 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;
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• 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.