1. A method for locally enhancing image data represented as pixels having CT numbers, the image data including bony structures, comprising: segmenting pixels within the image data into areas based on the pixel's CT number, a first area representing a combination of soft tissue and lower density bones and a second area representing higher density bones; identifying a subset of pixels within the first area representative of the lower density bones; applying an enhancement to the subset of pixels within the first area and to the second area to create an enhanced dataset; and generating a locally enhanced image based on the image data and the enhanced dataset.