Image reconstruction method
US7684956B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 28, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01Q40/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of extracting the shape of a probe tip of a probe-based instrument from data obtained by the instrument is provided. The method employs algorithms based on the principle that no reconstructed image points can physically occupy the same region as the tip during imaging. Sequential translates of the tip shape or volume sweep out an area or volume that is an “exclusion zone” similar to morphological erosion. The embodiments of the alternative method use either the region defined by the tip boundary or simply the tip boundary.
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