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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2004
Vianney Pierre Battle, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Renuka Uppaluri, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Richard Warp, Waukesha, WI (US);
Vianney Pierre Battle, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Renuka Uppaluri, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Richard Warp, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and associated system for processing a digital medical image. The method includes defining a plurality regions of an initial digital medical image, wherein the initial digital medical image is a combined initial digital medical image formed from the digital pasting of a plurality of individual initial digital medical images, and wherein the initial digital medical image is an exposure-normalized initial digital medical image; measuring an intensity for each of the plurality of regions of the initial digital medical image; deriving an intensity weighting function using the intensity measured for each of the plurality of regions of the initial digital medical image; and applying the intensity weighting function to the initial digital medical image to form a final digital medical image.