Image pasting system using a digital detector
US7177455B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 25, 2005 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B6/4291
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method includes obtaining a first image of a subject at a first position, changing a position between the detector and the subject, obtaining a second image, and pasting the first and images to obtain a composite image. The first image and the second image may have an amount of overlap equal to no more than about 30 percent of a field of view of the detector in a direction of movement between the first image and the second image, and, according to some embodiments, may have an overlap of about 4 percent to about 16 percent. This may, in some embodiments, amount to an amount of overlap of about 1.5 cm to about 6.5 or 12 cm. In some embodiments, the span of overlap of the images is at least about 30 cm. The geometry of the images may be used to help paste the images together appropriately.
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