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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2019
Applicant:

Li-cor, Inc., Lincoln, NE (US);

Inventor:

Han-Wei Wang, Lincoln, NE (US);

Assignee:

LI-COR, Inc., Lincoln, NE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0071 (2013.01); A61B 1/043 (2013.01); A61B 1/0646 (2013.01); A61B 5/0073 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G06T 11/001 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/5247 (2013.01); G01N 1/30 (2013.01); G06K 2209/05 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods are provided for the highlighting of features in composite images through the alternating of images having complementary colors. An image having a feature of interest is used to generate one or more pseudo color images. A series of a pseudo color images and one or more additional pseudo color or original color images are then alternately displayed so that the differently colored regions among the series of images are easily recognizable to an operator. The differently colored regions differ in having hues that are complementary to one another. The methods are particularly useful for the display of information using two or more imaging modalities and channels, such as is the case for some medical applications in which a natural-light image of pink or light-red tissue with deeper red or blue vasculature is overlaid with another functional image. In these cases, a feature present in the functional image can be more easily perceived when displayed in a composite overlay with an underlying image from another imaging modality or channel.


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