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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:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roger S Gaborski, Pittsford, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382168 ; 382132 ; 382197 ; 382199 ; 382209 ;
Abstract
Locating the region of interest (ROI) in the histogram of a digital radiographic image is a key component for the optimized presentation of the image, either in hardcopy or softcopy display. A method for locating the ROI first locates key candidate landmarks present in a particular body part radiographic image (i.e., chest pelvis, hand, etc.). Next, a library of spatially located landmarks are matched to the candidate landmarks and used to locate the region of interest in the radiograph using geometric techniques. The histogram of the selected region of interest is used to develop the final tonescale curve used to process the image.