Image processing method and system for radiological diagnostics
US5029586A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 5, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T5/50
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An estimating circuit estimates the thickness of the subject appearing on a mask image, by using the value of the thickness of a uniform material equivalent to a subject, with respect to each pixel of the mask image, based on radiographic conditions and pixel density of each pixel. A correction coefficient table has correction coefficients corresponding to the thickness of the uniform material. One of the correction coefficients is selected from the correction coefficient table, based on the estimated thickness obtained from the estimating circuit. The selected correction coefficient and each pixel of the mask image are subjected to an arithmetic operation, thereby to produce a mask image in which influence due to beam-hardening effect is corrected. On the other hand, a suitable correction coefficient is selected from a correction coefficient table having correction coefficients corresponding to the thickness of the contrast medium, based on the estimated thickness of the image and on a subtraction image obtained by subtracting the mask image from a contrast image produced by irradiating radioactive rays onto the subject in which the contrast medium is injected. The selected correc…
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