Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1988-08-12
1991-02-05
Jablon, Clark A.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
36441322, 382 54, G06F 1568
Patent
active
049910922
ABSTRACT:
An imaging technique is disclosed for enhancing the contrast of an image, in particular for enhancing the contrast between subregions of a region of interest which may have similar signal characteristics and significantly distinct physical properties. A distribution density function describing the density of the signal in a signal space assigned to a voxel of the region to be imaged is first computed. This distribution function is then convolved with a resolution function, preferably a Gaussian function. Advantageously, the variance of the Gaussian is greater and a multiple of the variance of the noise statistics of the input image. The result of the convolution of the distribution function with the resolution function defines a scale, preferably a grey scale which assigns a particular tone to a pixel of the image corresponding to the voxel of the region to be imaged. The standard deviation is preferably chosen by the user and defines the resolution of the final image in the signal space. The noise in the output image can be decreased by increasing the standard deviation of the convolving Gaussian. For large values of the variance of the Gaussian, the contrast-to-noise ratio is comparable to standard images. The resulting gray scale creates a greater contrast between areas of different volumes having similar signal characteristics. Other resolution functions can be used.
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