Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-13
2007-02-13
Wu, Jingge (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C382S131000, C382S154000, C250S370090
Reexamination Certificate
active
11042253
ABSTRACT:
A method includes obtaining a first image of a subject at a first position, changing a position between the detector and the subject, obtaining a second image, and pasting the first and images to obtain a composite image. The first image and the second image may have an amount of overlap equal to no more than about 30 percent of a field of view of the detector in a direction of movement between the first image and the second image, and, according to some embodiments, may have an overlap of about 4 percent to about 16 percent. This may, in some embodiments, amount to an amount of overlap of about 1.5 cm to about 6.5 or 12 cm. In some embodiments, the span of overlap of the images is at least about 30 cm. The geometry of the images may be used to help paste the images together appropriately.
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Battle Vianney P.
Halsmer Matthew A.
Kump Kenneth S.
Metz Stephen W.
Uppaluri Renuka
Bayat Ali
General Electric Company
Wu Jingge
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