System for digital bowel subtraction and polyp detection and related techniques
US6947784B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 6, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A90/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for performing a virtual colonoscopy includes a system for generating digital images, a storage device for storing the digital images, a digital bowel subtraction processor coupled to receive images of a colon from the storage device and for removing the contents of the colon from the image and an automated polyp detection processor coupled to receive images of a colon from the storage device and for detecting polyps in the colon image.
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