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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kundan Krishna, Surrey, CA;
Amit A. Mahadik, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); H04N 23/635 (2023.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer readable storage medium techniques for masking endoscopic images are disclosed. A system receives an input digital image and applies one or more denoising algorithms and one or more contour detection algorithms to detect a plurality of contours in the image. A contour having the largest area is identified. A smallest circular area enclosing the largest area contour is estimated, and a mask is applied to the image based on the circular area to generate a masked image.