Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-11
2007-12-11
Azarian, Seyed (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C382S154000, C378S021000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10474861
ABSTRACT:
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.
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Papageorgiou Pavlos
Poole Ian
Azarian Seyed
Barcoview Mis Edinburgh
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