Image analysis – Applications – Target tracking or detecting
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-01
2008-04-01
Azarian, Seyed (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Target tracking or detecting
C382S154000, C345S419000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07352882
ABSTRACT:
An image processing system for recognizing image features in three dimensional images, which can be medical images, uses a mask generator for generating masks that are used by a candidate searcher to search for candidate images in the three dimensional image. The candidate searcher applies the mask to a section of a foreground region of the image to determine the presence of a structure/object by counting the number of intersections between the mask and the section of the foreground region.
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Azarian Seyed
Siemens Medical Solutions USA , Inc.
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