Image analysis – Image enhancement or restoration – Object boundary expansion or contraction
Patent
1995-06-07
1998-07-28
Couso, Jose L.
Image analysis
Image enhancement or restoration
Object boundary expansion or contraction
382128, 382133, G06K 940, G06K 900
Patent
active
057872082
ABSTRACT:
Image enhancement for a digital image, such as an image of a biological specimen mounted on a microscope slide or a cytological specimen is herein described. A digital representation of the image is dilated to produce a dilated image and eroded to provide an eroded image. The dilated image, eroded image and the digital representation of the image are then processed to produce an enhanced image.
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Kuan Chih-Chau L.
Lee Shih-Jong J.
Oh Seho
Patten Florence W.
Seo Michael J.
Bella Matthew C.
Couso Jose L.
Moffa Emil
NeoPath, Inc.
Sun Hans I.
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