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Enhanced image processing method for the presentation of digitally-combined medical images

US7412111B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 19, 2004
Grant dateAug 12, 2008
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Expiry dateAug 26, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30004
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and associated system for processing a digital medical image. The method includes defining a plurality regions of an initial digital medical image, wherein the initial digital medical image is a combined initial digital medical image formed from the digital pasting of a plurality of individual initial digital medical images, and wherein the initial digital medical image is an exposure-normalized initial digital medical image; measuring an intensity for each of the plurality of regions of the initial digital medical image; deriving an intensity weighting function using the intensity measured for each of the plurality of regions of the initial digital medical image; and applying the intensity weighting function to the initial digital medical image to form a final digital medical image.

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