Medical viewing system and method for enhancing structures in noisy images
First Claim
1. A viewing system for enhancing objects of interest represented on a moving background in a sequence of noisy images and for displaying the sequence of enhanced images, including acquisition means for acquiring the sequence of images and processing means for processing the images comprising extracting means (11) for extracting features related to an object of interest on a background in images of the sequence having an image referential, said processing means further comprising:
- registering means (12), yielding registered images (13), for registering the features related to the object of interest with respect to the image referential, while not registering the background;
temporal integration means (14, 33b) for integrating both the object of interest and the background over at least two registered images (13) of the sequence; and
display means (54) for displaying the processed images (15, 45) of the enhanced registered object of interest on faded background.
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Abstract
A viewing system and method for enhancing objects of interest represented on a moving background in a sequence of noisy images and for displaying the sequence of enhanced images, comprising extracting means (11) for extracting features related to an object of interest in images of the sequence; registering means (12) for registering the features related to the object of interest with respect to the image referential, yielding registered images (13); similarity detection means for determining the resemblance of the representations of a registered object of interest in succeeding images and weighing means for modulating the intensities of the pixels of said object of interest over the images of the sequence; temporal integrating means (14, 33b) for integrating the object of interest and the background over a number, or at least two, registered images (13) of the sequence; and display means (54) for displaying the processed images (15, 45) of the enhanced registered object of interest on faded background. Application: Medical Imaging. X-ray Fluoroscopic Imaging.
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15 Claims
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1. A viewing system for enhancing objects of interest represented on a moving background in a sequence of noisy images and for displaying the sequence of enhanced images, including acquisition means for acquiring the sequence of images and processing means for processing the images comprising extracting means (11) for extracting features related to an object of interest on a background in images of the sequence having an image referential, said processing means further comprising:
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registering means (12), yielding registered images (13), for registering the features related to the object of interest with respect to the image referential, while not registering the background;
temporal integration means (14, 33b) for integrating both the object of interest and the background over at least two registered images (13) of the sequence; and
display means (54) for displaying the processed images (15, 45) of the enhanced registered object of interest on faded background. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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