Image facsimile with real time image segmentation
US6031929A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 18, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 29, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30096
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for remote diagnosis of a radiograph includes remote locations connectable to diagnosis locations. At a remote location a radiographic image containing a part depicting tissue and a background part is obtained and digitized. The image can be considered to comprise a plurality of blocks. A block of the digitized radiographic image is segmented to obtain a part of the block which depicts mainly tissue. The part of the block is compressed and transmitted to a diagnosis location. This segmenting, compressing and transmitting of blocks is repeated until the entire part of the image which depicts tissue has been transmitted to the diagnosis location. For an image, the digitization, segmentation, compression and transmission can be performed in a pipelined fashion. optionally computer assisted diagnosis (CAD) can be performed on the digitized image. The diagnosis location receives the compressed segmented image and any CAD results; uncompressing the received image; combining the CAD results with the uncompressed image; and displays the uncompressed image and the CAD results.
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