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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:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2004
Applicant:
Jianying LI, New Berlin, WI (US);
Inventor:
Jianying Li, New Berlin, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for enhancing an image including a plurality of image pixels are provided. The method includes segmenting the image by comparing an image pixel CT number to a plurality of predetermined thresholds. The methods further include filtering the plurality of image pixels based on the comparison and generating an output image based on the filtered image pixels.