Method for segmenting objects in images
US8831312B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 2013 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30048
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for identifying an attribute of an object represented in an image comprising data defining a predetermined spatial granulation for resolving the object, where the object is in contact with another object. In an embodiment, the method comprises identifying data whose values indicate they correspond to locations completely within the object, determining a contribution to the attribute provided by the data, and identifying additional data whose values indicate they are not completely within the object. The method next interpolates second contributions to the attribute from the values of the additional data and finds the attribute of the object from the first contribution and second contributions. The attribute may be, for example, a volume, and the values may correspond, for example, to intensity.
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