Synthetic image generation by combining image of object under examination with image of target
US9355502B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 31, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2219/2004
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems for combining a three-dimensional image of a target with a three-dimensional image of an object that is under examination via radiation to generate a three-dimensional synthetic image are provided. Although the target is not actually comprised within the object under examination, the three-dimensional synthetic image is intended to cause the target to appear to be comprised within the object. In one embodiment, one or more artifacts may be intentionally introduced into the three-dimensional synthetic image that are not comprised within the three-dimensional image of the target and/or within the three-dimensional image of the object to generate a synthetic image that more closely approximates in appearance a three-dimensional image that would have been generated from an examination had the target been comprised within the object.
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