Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-23
2006-05-23
Mehta, Bhavesh M. (Department: 2625)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C382S132000, C382S128000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07050619
ABSTRACT:
An acquisition is made of a base digital image containing the paddle, and the base image is subdivided into rows of N elementary pixels respectively assigned luminous intensity values, the rows of elementary pixels all being parallel to a general direction of graduation of the paddle. N autocorrelations of the vector of luminous intensity values associated with the row of elementary pixels are made for each row, with respectively the vector and the N−1 vectors successively shifted by 1 elementary pixel, so as to obtain for each row a vector of N autocorrelation values. A Fourier transform treatment is carried out on each autocorrelation vector, in order to obtain an energy frequency spectrum. The energy value at the frequency of the graduated marks is compared for each spectrum with a predetermined threshold value and the presence of the paddle is deduced therefrom.
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GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC
Mehta Bhavesh M.
Perungavoor Sath V.
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