An image processing system in which sets of image elements having display
values outside of a target range B of display values are each
respectively morphologically dilated. The intersection between the
morphologically dilated sets of image elements is then identified and
those image elements within the intersecting region are removed from the
set of image elements having the target range B of display values. This
removes image elements incorrectly appearing to have display values
corresponding to the target range B of display values due to aliasing
effects between regions of image elements having display values either
side of the target range B of image values. The imaging may be
two-dimensional or three-dimensional imaging. The morphological
dilatation is preferably performed with a quasi-circular or a
quasi-spherical structuring element having a radius of between two and
three voxels.