Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2008-12-22
2011-11-08
Mis, David (Department: 2817)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C382S128000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08055052
ABSTRACT:
A method of reducing artifacts in a digital radiographic image identifies either a row or column direction for the artifacts in the image data as a predominant direction and obtains a measurement of the image data frequency content that is subject to artifacts from the image content according to the predominant direction. The measurement of image data frequency content subject to the artifacts is tested according to a predetermined threshold. Artifacts are reduced when the predetermined threshold is exceeded by generating one or more suppression factors according to the testing results, decomposing the image content into at least two frequency bands in each row and column direction, applying the one or more suppression factors to modify at least one of the frequency bands, and recomposing the image content by recombining the at least one modified frequency band with one or more other bands into which the image had been decomposed.
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Burns Peter D.
Scott Richard T.
Sehnert William J.
Carestream Health Inc.
Mis David
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