Distorting feature compensating

• US 20080101668A1
• Filed: 10/25/2006
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Enterprise Science Fund, LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Ishikawa, Muriel Y., Smith, Michael A., Weaver, Thomas A., Myhrvold, Nathan P., Tegreene, Clarence T., Boyden, Edward S., Jung, Edward K.Y., Whitmer, Charles, Rivet, Dennis J., Hyde, Roderick A., Wood, Victoria Y.H., Leuthardt, Eric C., Wood, Lowell L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,135,686 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/128
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30008 Bone
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/80 Geometric correction
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/0012 Biomedical image inspection

Abstract

Certain aspects can relate to obtaining at least one image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from an at least a portion of at least one distorting feature. Certain aspects can relate to determining the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information. Certain aspects can relate to computationally compensating at least some of the distortion of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature from the at least one image information based at least in part on the distortion characterizing imaging information as based on the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

obtaining at least one image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from an at least a portion of at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on a distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on an at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information;

determining the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information; and

computationally compensating at least some of the distortion of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature from the at least one image information based at least in part on the distortion characterizing imaging information as based on the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining at least one image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from an at least a portion of at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on a distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on an at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information further comprises:

imaging the at least one image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on the distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining at least one image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from an at least a portion of at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on a distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on an at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information further comprises:

retrieving from a memory storage device the at least one image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on the distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining at least one image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from an at least a portion of at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on a distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on an at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information further comprises:

receiving from another device the at least one image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on the distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining at least one image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from an at least a portion of at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on a distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on an at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information further comprises:

obtaining at least one electromagnetic image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on an electromagnetic distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one electromagnetic image information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining at least one image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from an at least a portion of at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on a distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on an at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information further comprises:

obtaining at least one acoustic image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on an acoustic distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one acoustic image information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining at least one image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from an at least a portion of at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on a distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on an at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information further comprises:

obtaining at least one magnetic-resonance based image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on a magnetic-resonance based distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one magnetic-resonance based image information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining at least one image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from an at least a portion of at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on a distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on an at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information further comprises:

obtaining at least one nuclear resonant image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on a nuclear resonant distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one nuclear resonant image information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining at least one image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from an at least a portion of at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on a distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on an at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information further comprises:

obtaining at least one tomography-based image information that can be distorted at least partially resulting from the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature, wherein the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can be characterized based at least in part on a tomography-based distortion characterizing imaging information whose characterizing can vary, at least in part, based on the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one tomography-based image information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information further comprises:

determining an at least one relative position of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information further comprises:

determining an at least one relative angle of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information further comprises:

determining an at least one surface characteristic of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the computationally compensating at least some of the distortion of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature from the at least one image information based at least in part on the distortion characterizing imaging information as based on the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information further comprises:

computationally compensating at least partially using a time domain/frequency domain transform, or inverse thereof, the at least some of the distortion of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature from the at least one image information based at least in part on the distortion characterizing imaging information as based on the at least one relative orientation of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the computationally compensating at least some of the distortion of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature from the at least one image information based at least in part on the distortion characterizing imaging information as based on the at least one relative orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information further comprises:

computationally compensating at least partially using a Fourier transform, or inverse thereof, the at least some of the distortion of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature from the at least one image information based at least in part on the distortion characterizing imaging information as based on the at least one relative orientation of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

predicting the distortion characterizing imaging information based at least in part on an orientation of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

predicting the distortion characterizing imaging information based at least in part on a position of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

predicting the distortion characterizing imaging information based at least in part on an angle of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

predicting the distortion characterizing imaging information based at least in part on a surface characteristic of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

predicting the distortion characterizing imaging information based at least in part on a degrading environment which the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature has been exposed.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

predicting the distortion characterizing imaging information based at least in part on a duration which the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature has been exposed to a degrading environment.

21. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

predicting the distortion characterizing imaging information based at least in part on at least one other element which the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature at least partially contacts.

22. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing a library of the distortion characterizing imaging information associated with the at least some of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature.

23. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying the distortion characterizing imaging information associated with the at least some of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature.

24. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

comparing the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature having the distortion characterizing imaging information with the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature computationally compensating for the distortion characterizing imaging information.

25. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

shifting an electromagnetic field in a dynamic fashion based at least in part on the computationally compensating the at least some of the distortion of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature from the at least one image information based at least in part on the distortion characterizing imaging information.

26. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

filtering the distortion at least partially resulting from the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature from the at least one image information.

27. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

filtering out the distortion at least partially resulting from the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature from the at least one image information.

28. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

filtering out the distortion at least partially resulting from the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature from the at least one image information to improve a display of the at least the portion of the least one distorting feature.

29. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

filtering out the distortion at least partially resulting from the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature from the at least one image information to improve a display of an at least a portion of an individual.

30. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

observing an interface between one or more surfaces of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature and at least a portion of an individual.

31. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

observing an interface between two or more surfaces of at least one of the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature.

32. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

altering an electromagnetic or acoustic effect as applied in proximity to the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature at least partially in response to the distortion of a distortion-susceptible imaging.

33. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining at least some input compensating information that when combined with the at least one image information can limit distortions resulting from the at least one distorting feature based at least in part on the at least one relative orientation of the at least one distorting feature relative to the at least one image information.

34. An apparatus, comprising:

an imaging device configurable to obtain at least some distortion characterizing imaging information describing at least some distortion imaging effect associated with an at least a portion of at least one distorting feature;

the imaging device configurable for distortion-susceptible imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature associated with an individual such that the imaging device imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can result in a distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging; and

the imaging device configurable to computationally compensate for at least some of the distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging considering, at least in part, the at least some distortion characterizing imaging information.

35. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the imaging device configurable for distortion-susceptible imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature associated with an individual such that the imaging device imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can result in a distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging further comprises:

a magnetic resonance-based imaging device configurable for magnetic resonance-based distortion-susceptible imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature associated with the individual such that the magnetic resonance-based imaging device imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can result in the distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging.

36. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the imaging device configurable for distortion-susceptible imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature associated with an individual such that the imaging device imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can result in a distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging further comprises:

a tomography-based imaging device configurable for tomography-based distortion-susceptible imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature associated with the individual such that the tomography-based imaging device imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can result in the distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging.

37. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the imaging device configurable for distortion-susceptible imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature associated with an individual such that the imaging device imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can result in a distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging further comprises:

an x-ray based imaging device configurable for x-ray based distortion-susceptible imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature associated with the individual such that the x-ray based imaging device imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can result in the distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging.

38. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the imaging device configurable for distortion-susceptible imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature associated with an individual such that the imaging device imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can result in a distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging further comprises:

an acoustic-based imaging device configurable for acoustic-based distortion-susceptible imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature associated with the individual such that the acoustic-based imaging device imaging the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature can result in the distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging.

39. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the imaging device configurable to computationally compensate for at least some of the distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging considering, at least in part, the at least some distortion characterizing imaging information further comprises:

the imaging device configurable to computationally compensate for the at least some of the distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging at least partially using a Fourier transform or an inverse Fourier transform considering, at least in part, the at least some distortion characterizing imaging information.

40. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the imaging device configurable to computationally compensate for at least some of the distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging considering, at least in part, the at least some distortion characterizing imaging information further comprises:

the imaging device configurable to computationally compensate for the at least some of the distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging at least partially using a time domain/frequency domain transform or an inverse time domain/frequency domain transform considering, at least in part, the at least some distortion characterizing imaging information.

41. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the imaging device configurable to computationally compensate for at least some of the distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging considering, at least in part, the at least some distortion characterizing imaging information further comprises:

the imaging device configurable to computationally compensate for the at least some of the distortion of an MRI-based distortion-susceptible imaging at least partially using Maxwell solvers considering, at least in part, the at least some distortion characterizing imaging information.

42. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the imaging device configurable to computationally compensate for at least some of the distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging considering, at least in part, the at least some distortion characterizing imaging information further comprises:

the imaging device configurable to computationally compensate for the at least some of the distortion of a particle bombardment-based distortion-susceptible imaging at least partially using Monte-Carlo equations considering, at least in part, the at least some distortion characterizing imaging information.

43. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the imaging device configurable to computationally compensate for at least some of the distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging considering, at least in part, the at least some distortion characterizing imaging information further comprises:

the imaging device configurable to computationally compensate for the at least some of the distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging at least partially using filtering considering, at least in part, the at least some distortion characterizing imaging information.

44. The apparatus of claim 34, further comprising:

the imaging device configurable to alter an electromagnetic effect as applied in proximity to the at least the portion of the at least one distorting feature at least partially in response to the distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging.

45. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the individual at least partially includes a person.

46. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the individual at least partially includes an animal.

47. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the individual at least partially includes an organism.

48. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the imaging device can be configurable to improve imaging of at least one opaque matter at least partially by the imaging device being configurable to computationally compensate for at least some of the distortion of the distortion-susceptible imaging.