Depth based modification of captured images
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1. An imaging system comprising:
- an image capture device, the image capture device providing a captured image of a plurality of objects;
a depth detector, the depth detector providing depths relative to the image capture device;
a display; and
an image processor programmed to;
receive the captured image from the image capture device;
receive information of a plurality of selected objects, the plurality of objects including the plurality of selected objects and at least one non-selected object, wherein the plurality of selected objects is a plurality of lymph nodes, each of the plurality of lymph nodes storing an amount of IndoCyanine Green;
receive a depth corresponding to the plurality of selected objects from the depth detector;
generate a modified processed image by;
modifying normal processing, without eliminating or replacing any part, of an entire image of each selected object of the plurality of selected objects in the captured image according to a function of at least the depth by modifying images of the plurality of lymph nodes so that fluorescences resulting from the amounts of IndoCyanine Green stored in the plurality of lymph nodes are scaled to a common depth for comparison purposes in order to identify a sentinel lymph node among the plurality of lymph nodes, andnot modifying normal processing of an image of the at least one non-selected object; and
provide the modified processed image to the display, so that the modified processed image is displayed on the display.
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Abstract
An imaging system processes images of a plurality of objects which have been captured by an image capture device for display. Normal processing of the images is modified as either a function of a depth corresponding to one or more of the plurality of objects appearing in the captured images relative to the image capture device or as a function of the depth and one or more image characteristics extracted from the captured images. A depth threshold may be used to avoid inadvertent modifications due to noise.
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1. An imaging system comprising:
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an image capture device, the image capture device providing a captured image of a plurality of objects; a depth detector, the depth detector providing depths relative to the image capture device; a display; and an image processor programmed to; receive the captured image from the image capture device; receive information of a plurality of selected objects, the plurality of objects including the plurality of selected objects and at least one non-selected object, wherein the plurality of selected objects is a plurality of lymph nodes, each of the plurality of lymph nodes storing an amount of IndoCyanine Green; receive a depth corresponding to the plurality of selected objects from the depth detector; generate a modified processed image by; modifying normal processing, without eliminating or replacing any part, of an entire image of each selected object of the plurality of selected objects in the captured image according to a function of at least the depth by modifying images of the plurality of lymph nodes so that fluorescences resulting from the amounts of IndoCyanine Green stored in the plurality of lymph nodes are scaled to a common depth for comparison purposes in order to identify a sentinel lymph node among the plurality of lymph nodes, and not modifying normal processing of an image of the at least one non-selected object; and provide the modified processed image to the display, so that the modified processed image is displayed on the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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