Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd.

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation

Hyun-hwa Oh

Seong-deok Lee

Jae-Hyun Kwon

Young-Hun Sung

Sung-Su Kim

Sung-chan Park

Du-Sik Park

Chang-yeong Kim

Dong-Goo Kang

Kang-eui Lee

Won-Hee Choe

Ho-young Lee

Ho-cheon Wey

Young-Jin Yoo

Jeong-yong Song

Won-hee Choe

Hyun-wook Ok

Young-shin Kwak

Hyun-Chul Song

Seok-min Han

Do-kwan Oh

Byeong-won Lee

Choong-hwan Choi

Jung-Bae Kim

Sung-Jea Ko

Byung-kwan Park

Hyun-jung Lee

Dong-jae Lee

Joo-Young Kang

Sang-Wook Han

Seok-cheol Kee

Seong-Deok Lee

Seung-won Jung

Seo-Young Choi

Myung-Jin Chung

Se-min Kim

Joo-young Kang

Hee-chul Lee

Chi-ho Hwang

Yong-soo Lee

Il-woong Kwon

Hyuck-jun Son

Sung-Hoon Kang

A medical image transmitting method includes obtaining a medical image generated by imaging an object; performing a first determination to determine whether the object has an abnormality, based on the medical image; performing a second determination to determine, based on the first determination, whether to transmit at least one assistance image associated with the medical image; and when the object has no abnormalities, transmitting, to an external apparatus, the medical image, thereby minimizing a data processing amount and a data transmission amount.

Medical imaging apparatus to automatically determine presence of an abnormality including a determination to transmit an assistance image and a classified abnormality stage

An X-ray apparatus performs image processing on an image of an object photographed by using a camera, and uses the image-processed image as an image marker in an X-ray image. A display is configured to display the X-ray image and the image marker on the region of the X-ray image.

X-ray apparatus and system

An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator configured to emit X-rays to a subject; an X-ray detection panel including a plurality of light receiving elements each configured to receive X-rays that have passed through the subject, convert the X-rays into an electric signal, and output the electric signal, and a plurality of capacitor modules respectively corresponding to the plurality of light receiving elements, each of the plurality of capacitor modules including a plurality of capacitors connected to a corresponding one of the light receiving elements and configured to store the electric signal output from the corresponding light receiving element in at least one capacitor of the plurality of capacitors; and an image processor configured to read out the electric signal stored in the at least one capacitor of each of the plurality of capacitor modules to generate at least one X-ray image.

X-ray detection panel, X-ray imaging apparatus, and X-ray image generation method

A method of processing an image is provided. The method includes generating a tissue emphasis image by emphasizing a predetermined tissue of at least two radiation images of different energy bands, and generating a diagnostic image by combining at least one of the at least two radiation images of different energy bands and the tissue emphasis image.

Method and apparatus for generating a diagnostic image based on a tissue emphasis image and medical imaging system employing the apparatus

An apparatus for generating a diagnosis image includes a local contrast characteristic calculator configured to calculate local contrast characteristics of radiation image data of a low-energy sub-band from radiation image data generated by radiation having at least two energy bands passing through a subject; a local contrast characteristic applier configured to apply the calculated local contrast characteristics to radiation image data of a full-energy band generated by the radiation having at least two energy bands passing through the subject; and a diagnosis image generator configured to generate a diagnosis image of the subject based on the radiation image data of the full-energy band to which the local contrast characteristics have been applied.

Apparatus for generating diagnosis image, medical imaging system, and method for processing image

A method of generating an image by using multi-energy radiation data and an apparatus therefor is provided. The method includes receiving multi-energy radiation data including a plurality of pieces of radiation data indicating an inner portion of a subject with respect to a plurality of radioactive rays in different energy bands, respectively, generating, based on the received multi-energy radiation data, radiation data of a radioactive ray in an energy band that is different from the different energy bands, and generating a radiation image of the subject based on the generated radiation data.

Method of generating image by using multi-energy radiation data and apparatus therefor

Disclosed herein are an X-ray imaging apparatus and an X-ray image generating method in which constituent materials of a target object are separated and mapped to different colors in order to provide one image which has improved distinction between tissues. The X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator which generates X-rays and irradiates the X-rays toward a target object, an X-ray detector which acquires X-ray data which corresponds to a plurality of energy bands by detecting X-rays which have passed through the target object, and a controller which acquires a plurality of material images in which a plurality of materials constituting the target object are respectively displayed and brightness information from the X-ray data, generates one image by mapping different color channels to the plurality of material images and combining the plurality material images into a single image, and applying the brightness information to the generated image.

X-ray imaging apparatus and X-ray image generating method

A method of processing an image is provided. The method includes estimating a thickness of an object that includes at least two materials, from a radiation image taken with radiations of at least two energy bands; and generating an image by comparing the estimated thickness to a thickness of a local region and extracting a region of interest.

Method and apparatus for processing image, and medical imaging system employing the apparatus

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of correcting a chromatic aberration of an image, and in particular, to an apparatus and method of correcting a chromatic aberration of an image that can correct a general chromatic aberration of an edge or an extreme chromatic aberration, such as a purple fringe, in an image. An apparatus for correcting a chromatic aberration of an image according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an edge detection unit detecting an edge of an input image, a level calculation unit calculating a chromatic aberration level of the detected edge, and a correction unit correcting the edge using different weighted values according to the calculated chromatic aberration level.

Apparatus and method of compensating chromatic aberration of image

Provided are an image fusion apparatus and method for combining multi-exposure images. The image fusion apparatus and method may generate a sharp high-resolution high dynamic image while fully representing detail in an over-exposed region and an under-exposed region of the image without contrast degradation.

Image fusion apparatus and method

A method and apparatus may include aligning a reference image and an input image through ROI-based image alignment; detecting an ROI associated with an incompletely aligned region in the aligned image; and blending the aligned reference image and input image by using a plurality of weights which are attenuated according to a spatial distance from a boundary of the detected ROI. In addition, the method and apparatus may include aligning a reference image and an input image through image alignment based on an nregion of interest (ROI) which is detected at a previous stage; detecting another ROI associated with an incompletely aligned region in the aligned image; and blending the aligned image in the other ROI and an (n+1)blended image, which is input from a next stage, in a region outside the other ROI, and outputting the last blended image to the previous stage.

Method and apparatus for blending images

An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to extract a low-frequency band component and a high-frequency band component from a radiation image formed by passing through a subject, a contrast enhancement processing unit configured to perform a contrast enhancement process to the extracted low-frequency band component, a detail enhancement processing unit configured to perform a detail enhancement process to the extracted high-frequency band component, a synthesis unit configured to synthesize an image resulting from performing the contrast enhancement process and an image resulting from performing the detail enhancement process, and a generation unit configured to reconstruct the synthesized image and generate a diagnosis image.

Method for processing image, image processing apparatus and medical image system for performing the same

A high dynamic range (HDR) image generating apparatus and method is provided. The HDR image generating apparatus may set an auto-exposure time, a long exposure time, a short exposure time, and a reference exposure time. The auto-exposure time may be set to be shorter than the long exposure time, the short exposure time may be set to be shorter than the auto-exposure time, and the reference exposure time may be set to fall within a range between the auto-exposure time and the short exposure time. The image generating apparatus may obtain a first image with the long exposure time and a second image with the reference exposure time, may correct motion in the first image and adjust a dynamic range of the second image, and then may composite the resultant first and second images to generate a high dynamic range image.

High dynamic range image generating apparatus and method

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for obtaining a motion adaptive high dynamic range image, in which a motion degree of a first image and a second taken using different exposure times is calculated. The motion calculation intensity is adjusted based on the calculated motion degree. The motion compensation intensity involves a global motion compensation and/or a location motion compensation. Images subjected to compensation are synthesized and output, so that an image having high dynamic range is obtained.

Apparatus and method for obtaining motion adaptive high dynamic range image

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Hyun-hwa Oh