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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2004
Arun Krishnan, Exton, PA (US);
Glenn Fung, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Jonathan Stoeckel, Exton, PA (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
We propose using different classifiers based on the spatial location of the object. The intuitive idea behind this approach is that several classifiers may learn local concepts better than a 'universal' classifier that covers the whole feature space. The use of local classifiers ensures that the objects of a particular class have a higher degree of resemblance within that particular class. The use of local classifiers also results in memory, storage and performance improvements, especially when the classifier is kernel-based. As used herein, the term 'kernel-based classifier' refers to a classifier where a mapping function (i.e., the kernel) has been used to map the original training data to a higher dimensional space where the classification task may be easier.