Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics processing – Three-dimension
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-07
2006-02-07
Nguyen, Kimbinh T. (Department: 2671)
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphics processing
Three-dimension
C345S420000, C345S583000, C345S606000, C345S626000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06995763
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a system of extracting a visual feature from a dataset, comprising a storage means for storing said dataset; retrieval means for retrieving said dataset from said storage means; display means for displaying an image of said retrieval dataset; means for defining a block of voxels corresponding to a selected portion of said displayed dataset, said block containing said visual feature therein; means for removing from said block voxels not containing said visual feature, to generate a feature block; means for generating a mask from said feature block; and means for rendering said dataset using said mask. A method of extracting visual features is also provided.
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Accomazzi Vittorio
Chann Robert
Gatti Claudio
Cedara Software Corp.
Chari Santosh K.
Nguyen Kimbinh T.
Orange John R. S.
Zhang Sean X.
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