Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-27
2006-06-27
Mancuso, Joseph (Department: 2627)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C382S199000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07068831
ABSTRACT:
An image processing method for extracting a threadlike structure (GW) represented in an image, comprising a phase of acquisition (10) of a sequence of images, including an image of a present instant (t) in which the threadlike structure is to be extracted and an image of a past instant (t-1) in which the threadlike structure is detected as a string of points (Gt-1), and further comprising a phase of prediction (20) of a silhouette (Ĝt) of the threadlike structure estimated from said detected string of points (Gt-1), of the image of the past instant, a phase of pursuit (30) for extracting a final string of points (Gt) representing the threadlike structure in the image of the present instant t, including steps of estimation of constraints (C2t, θ) based on said silhouette (Ĝt) for performing said extraction.
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Florent Raoul
Goubet Lucille
Koninklijke Philips Electronics , N.V.
Kronenthal Craig
Mancuso Joseph
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