IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a filter processing unit configured to perform filter processing that emphasizes high-frequency components of an input image, a value limit calculation unit configured to calculate value limits that define a range of pixel values for converting a gradation in the image using a result of the filter processing, a limitation unit configured to limit the filter-processed pixel values based on the value limits, and a conversion unit configured to convert the pixel values so that the image having pixel values limited by the limitation unit is adjusted to a converted gradation of different graduation level than the input image. An image processing method and program are also disclosed.
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43. A method of treating an existing condition of abnormal cardiac contractility in a mammal, comprising:
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(a) identifying a mammal in need of such treatment (b) administering an effective amount of a protein kinase C-α
inhibitor to said mammal. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 51)
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47. A method of alleviating acute heart failure in a mammal in need thereof, comprising:
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(a) identifying a mammal wherein said acute heart failure is the result of abnormal cardiac contractility in said mammal and (b) administering a protein kinase C-α
inhibitor to said mammal. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50)
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