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Visual enhancement of interval changes using rigid and non-rigid transformations

US8224046B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AGFA HEALTHCARE NV · BE

Inventors

Dieter Seghers · Zottegem, BE
Piet Dewaele · Sint-Niklaas, BE
Paul Suetens · Bonheiden, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 8, 2008
Grant date	Jul 17, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 13, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30061
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image point in a displayed reference image R is selected and a non-rigid transformation resulting in a transformation field g(rR) mapping every location rR to a corresponding location rF in a floating image F is applied, next a rigid body transformation is applied to floating image F such that rF coincides with the selected image point and the transformed floating image is displayed.

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