An x-ray system includes an x-ray source, at least one partially transparent x-ray filter, an x-ray detector, a monitor to display x-ray images detected by the detector and image processing. The display includes a dynamic range. The system is configured to generate at least one x-ray image and modify at least one of the at least one image for display by: using the at least one filter to filter x-ray so as to reduce x-ray intensity in at least one part of the image; maintaining at least one part of the image unfiltered by the at least one filter; determining a range in the dynamic range of the display; and modifying at least one pixel in the at least one filtered part of the image based on the determined range of the dynamic range of the display.