Patent · US Expired

Pattern Recognition apparatus

US5224036A · kind A · utility

12Cited by
6References
6Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 22, 1990
Grant dateJun 29, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 22, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30096
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for determining the probability that the shadow of a tumor designated on a radiation image of an object is the shadow of a malignant tumor on the basis of an image signal representing the radiation image includes a spectrum calculating means, a characteristic value calculating means, and a judging means. The spectrum calculating means obtains the spectrum distribution of the image signal D(r,.theta.) whose coordinates are expressed in polar form with the origin taken as the approximate center of the shadow. From the spectrum distribution the characteristic value calculating means obtains a characteristic value, which the judging means uses to determine the probability that the shadow of a tumor is the shadow of a malignant tumor.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.