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Image processing using measures of similarity

US7260248B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 2002
Grant dateAug 21, 2007
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Expiry dateMay 14, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30024
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides methods of relating a plurality of images based on measures of similarity. The methods of the invention are useful in the segmentation of a sequence of colposcopic images of tissue, for example. The methods may be applied in the determination of tissue characteristics in acetowhitening testing of cervical tissue, for example.

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