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WO/2009/044321
The present invention relates to minimally invasive X-ray guided interventions, in particular to an image processing and rendering system and a method for improving visibility and supporting automatic detection and tracking of interventi...  
WO/2009/044321
The present invention relates to minimally invasive X-ray guided interventions, in particular to an image processing and rendering system and a method for improving visibility and supporting automatic detection and tracking of interventi...  
WO/2009/044348
A method ofprocessing pixels of an image comprises determining the most homogenous region of the image, calculating a threshold (th) according to the content of the determined region, selecting pixels in the image according to the calcul...  
WO/2009/042036
A method of displaying on a display a visual reproduction of an original scene with a preferential tone mapping; said display having a selected display white point and a selected display black point separated by more than 3.5 decades of ...  
WO/2009/040497
A method for generating enhanced image data. First image data, for example CT image data, and second image data, for example CBCT image data is received. Data indicating a relationship between said first image data and said second image ...  
WO/2009/039275
A geospatial modeling system (30) may include a geospatial model data storage device (31) and a processor (32). The processor (32) may cooperate with the geospatial model data storage device (31) for wavelet decomposing at least one geos...  
WO/2009/037638
A method for enhancing a moving structure of interest in a sequence of images is described, wherein images of the sequence are captured at different times and defined by a matrix of discrete pixels. The method comprises the steps of warp...  
WO/2009/036554
An initial digital image of a person's face is transformed into a final digital image in which facial wrinkles and minor anomalies are reduced. A region is selected of the initial image in which facial wrinkles and minor anomalies are to...  
WO/2009/037181
The present invention relates to a method for determining an edge of an object to be optically measured. A typical application is the determination of the location of an edge in the case of front illumination, for example in optical coor...  
WO/2009/039269
A geospatial modeling system (30) may include a geospatial model data storage device (31), and a processor (32). The processor (32) may cooperate with the geospatial model data storage device (31) for windowing geospatial model spatial d...  
WO/2009/039280
A geospatial modeling system (30) may include a geospatial model data storage device (31) and a processor (32). The processor (32) may cooperate with the geospatial model data storage device for selecting and transforming a reference sam...  
WO/2009/037803
A gradient direction detecting section (12) detects the gradient direction of a pixel value in a region composed of N X N pixels centered on a noticeable pixel. A selection section (13) selects N pixels including the noticeable pixel alo...  
WO/2009/036793
An image processing apparatus is arranged to process a first relatively underexposed and sharp image of a scene, and a second relatively well exposed and blurred image, nominally of the same scene, the first and second images being deriv...  
WO/2009/038647
A method and system for polyp segmentation in computed tomography colonogrphy (CTC) volumes is disclosed. The polyp segmentation method utilizes a three-staged probabilistic binary classification approach for automatically segmenting pol...  
WO/2009/037817
A contour correcting device is provided with a plurality of delay elements that delay an input video signal, a pixel selection control signal generating circuit, a pixel selecting circuit that selects an output of the delay elements in r...  
WO/2009/039279
A geospatial modeling system (30) may include a geospatial model data storage device (31) and a processor (32). The processor (32) may cooperate with the geospatial model data storage device (31) for selecting and transforming a referenc...  
WO/2009/036822
A method and apparatus for providing defect correction in blurred images is disclosed. For one embodiment of the invention, a digital image is acquired. One or more candidate defect regions in the image are identified. The candidate defe...  
WO/2009/035672
A method for segmenting an anatomical structure within medical image data includes acquiring medical image data (S31). The medical image data is transformed from an original image space into a projective dual image space (S32). A boundar...  
WO/2009/034688
An image processing method for acquiring a clear image from a blur image is characterized by comprising a step of converting an image data array which contains the pixel value of the blur image from a two-dimensional vector into a one-di...  
WO/2009/034555
Image data processing is facilitated. According to an example embodiment, image data is processed using photometric similarity and, where appropriate, a classification of sample pixels for the image data. In some applications, a trained ...  
WO/2009/034555
Image data processing is facilitated. According to an example embodiment, image data is processed using photometric similarity and, where appropriate, a classification of sample pixels for the image data. In some applications, a trained ...  
WO/2009/036210
Various aspects can be implemented for two dimensional representation of a color space. In general, one aspect can be a method for representing a color space, the method includes obtaining first, second, and third primary colors for the ...  
WO/2009/030698
The invention relates to an image processing method for increasing the resolution of images acquired from an optical imager of the push-broom type, such as an Earth observation satellite or an airborne platform. In order to obtain images...  
WO/2009/031439
In a scan image obtained by a scan type imaging device such as a CLSM, it is possible to restore the scan image which has been degraded by motion of an imaging object. A method for restoring a scan image of a moving object includes: a st...  
WO/2009/032570
Systems and methods for visual language modeling for image classification are described. In one aspect the systems and methods model training images corresponding to multiple image categories as matrices of visual words. Visual language ...  
WO/2009/030596
The invention is related to non-photorealistic rendering (NPR). It is aimed on improving edge processing in the context of NPR of images. The inventive method for non-photorealistic rendering comprises determining a feature map of the in...  
WO/2009/031514
An image processing device enabling improvement of the visual quality of an image after gradation conversion, an image processing method, and program are disclosed. A gradation modulator (200) serving as a ΔΣ modulator for converting t...  
WO/2009/029179
In the method, a digital image is received. A granularity model is constructed of each of the toner stations. A noise table is produced. The noise table is based on the granularity models and is adaptive to the content of the digital ima...  
WO/2009/029676
Using Identification of their sizes and positions, objects may be attenuated or removed from images. This may involve the use of various filtering operations and may further include coordinate transformations prior to and/or after the fi...  
WO/2009/026966
The present invention provides a method of estimating illumination change of images for object detection. The method involves estimating illumination change for images and further changing the luminance of a corresponding background imag...  
WO/2009/029483
Methods and computer program readable medium for restoring an image. The methods include the steps of selecting one or more frames followed by determining the regions of interest so that blurring effect is determined in the regions of in...  
WO/2009/027889
When performing model-based segmentation on a 3D patient image (80), metal artifacts in the patient image (80), caused by metal in the patient's body, are detected, and a metal artifact reduction technique is performed to reduce the arti...  
WO/2009/026726
A system and method enabling users to perform activities centered on their environment and their home, namely to automatically create a precise 3D model of their home, office or other interior, from standard photos or video, visualize an...  
WO/2009/029670
An object in an image may be segmented by determining local pixel costs based on the image and using the local costs to determined cumulative pixel costs. A contour may then be determined based on the cumulative pixel costs.  
WO/2009/026388
A method and system providing a reference background image for a chroma keyer is disclosed. The color profile of the background, based on a color census, is obtained. Then all image areas that do not fit the said color profile are identi...  
WO/2009/024885
The invention relates to a method and an electronic device for improving chrominance sharpness of an incoming signal (11), wherein the signal is split into its frequency spectrum components (12), the filtered signal is amplified (14) acc...  
WO/2009/024894
A system (900) and method for automatic projection-based removing of high-contrast artificial objects from a medical image is provided. The method comprises performing a low-pass filtering (1100) to the two-dimensional image (100, 500, 1...  
WO/2009/024885
The invention relates to a method and an electronic device for improving chrominance sharpness of an incoming signal (11), wherein the signal is split into its frequency spectrum components (12), the filtered signal is amplified (14) acc...  
WO/2009/022288
Wire tips and balloon/stent markers are the main landmarks used by cardiologists for navigation and precise stent placement under X-Ray fluoroscopy surveillance. These intra-coronary devices are semi radio-opaque. In some situations, the...  
WO/2009/022946
An apparatus for reconstructing an image from the derivative of a sinogram includes means (26) for multiplying a projection orientation unit vector field (24) with the derivative to form an oriented derivative, means (28) for back- proje...  
WO/2009/022288
Wire tips and balloon/stent markers are the main landmarks used by cardiologists for navigation and precise stent placement under X-Ray fluoroscopy surveillance. These intra-coronary devices are semi radio-opaque. In some situations, the...  
WO/2009/022946
An apparatus for reconstructing an image from the derivative of a sinogram includes means (26) for multiplying a projection orientation unit vector field (24) with the derivative to form an oriented derivative, means (28) for back- proje...  
WO/2009/022546
An image processing device is provided with a noise suppression unit (2) that suppresses RGB Bayer pattern image data for every RGB channel with a noise suppression amount (H) to calculate RHGHBH Bayer pattern image data and suppresses t...  
WO/2009/022083
The invention relates to the processing of a digital object that comprises: cancelling the noise of an original object (I) of a first type containing noise in order to obtain a noise-free object (J) of the first type; obtaining an object...  
WO/2009/022274
The invention relates to a method and a device to detect thin lines of an incoming signal, especially of an image or video signal, comprising the steps of: analysing the incoming signal, calculating the first derivative of the incoming s...  
WO/2009/022083
The invention relates to the processing of a digital object that comprises: cancelling the noise of an original object (I) of a first type containing noise in order to obtain a noise-free object (J) of the first type; obtaining an object...  
WO/2009/022274
The invention relates to a method and a device to detect thin lines of an incoming signal, especially of an image or video signal, comprising the steps of: analysing the incoming signal, calculating the first derivative of the incoming s...  
WO/2009/020506
A Light Transmitted Assay Beads or digital magnetic microbead having a digitally coded structure that is partially transmissive and opaque to light. When hundreds or thousands of LITAB are settled down to the bottom of a microwell in a m...  
WO/2009/021139
A two-dimensional (2D) mesh is applied over a distortion surface to approximate a lens roll-off distortion pattern. The process to apply the 2D mesh distributes a plurality of grid points among the distortion pattern and sub-samples the ...  
WO/2009/021139
A two-dimensional (2D) mesh is applied over a distortion surface to approximate a lens roll-off distortion pattern. The process to apply the 2D mesh distributes a plurality of grid points among the distortion pattern and sub-samples the ...  

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