Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2004-08-10
2008-07-08
Wu, Jingge (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C382S128000, C382S209000, C382S278000, C708S422000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07397938
ABSTRACT:
A method of identifying spherical objects in a digital image is provided, wherein the image includes a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points in a D-dimensional space. The method includes calculating a local cross-correlation between a point in the domain of the image and a Gaussian kernel about a neighborhood of the point; calculating a local standard deviation of the point in the image; calculating a local standard deviation of the Gaussian kernel; calculating a cross-correlation ratio by dividing the local cross-correlation by the product of the local standard deviation of the image and the local standard deviation of the Gaussian kernel; and analyzing the cross-correlation ratio to determine whether an object about said point is spherical. The cross-correlation ratio can take continuous values from −1 to 1, where a spherically symmetric Gaussian shaped object has a value of 1.
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Motsinger Sean
Siemens Medical Solutions USA , Inc.
Wu Jingge
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