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Feature dependent extended depth of focusing on semi-transparent biological specimens

US8199997B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 18, 2008
Grant dateJun 12, 2012
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2031

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

Abstract

A method and system for constructing a digital image of a three-dimensional biological specimen that displays diagnostically important information—substantially to the exclusion of unimportant information. The system de-enhances features in a cellular specimen which are not diagnostically important and enhances those which are. The system selects the sharpest pixel for each pixel location from among a stack of image slices and copies them into a composite image.

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