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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2000
Qin-Sheng Chen, Beachwood, OH (US);
Martin S. Weinhous, Moreland Hills, OH (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A method for interpolating digital images is provided. An original digital image in the spatial domain is transformed into a frequency domain representation via a Fourier transform. The Fourier transform or frequency domain representation is then modified by phase shift terms corresponding to image shifts in the spatial domain with sub-unity distances matching the locations where the image values need to be restored. The original and the shifted images are then interspersed together, yielding an interpolated image. The method is particularly useful for two and three-dimensional computer tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images, as well as other medical and non-medical digital images.