Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-10
2007-07-10
Chawan, Sheela (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C378S037000, C358S003170, C600S437000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10166744
ABSTRACT:
Prospective micro calcification points in a radiation image of an object are extracted on the basis of image data representing the radiation image and clustered into cluster areas. A plurality of areas are set in the radiation image, and fluctuation in size and/or fluctuation in density of the prospective micro calcification points in each of the areas is obtained. Detected areas are extracted from the plurality of areas on the basis of the fluctuation in size and/or the fluctuation in density of the prospective micro calcification points in each of the areas, and each interconnected area where a predetermined number of or more extracted detected areas are continuous is set as a cluster area.
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Imamura Takashi
Takeo Hideya
Chawan Sheela
FUJIFILM Corporation
Sughrue & Mion, PLLC
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