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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seho Oh, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Shih-Jong J Lee, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael J Seo, Kirkland, WA (US);
Chih-Chau L Kuan, Redmond, WA (US);
Florence W Patten, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
NeoPath, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382257 ; 382128 ; 382133 ;
Abstract
Image enhancement for a digital image, such as an image of a biological specimen mounted on a microscope slide or a cytological specimen is herein described. A digital representation of the image is dilated to produce a dilated image and eroded to provide an eroded image. The dilated image, eroded image and the digital representation of the image are then processed to produce an enhanced image.