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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Eli Horn, Kiryat Motzkin, IL;
Hagai Krupnik, Nofit, IL;
Ofra Zinaty, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Given Imaging, Ltd., Yoqneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method may detect a transition in an image stream captured within a body lumen. One or more parameters may be computed at points corresponding to a time scale of the image stream. Transition in the values of the parameters may be identified and may indicate a location along the body lumen. The image stream may be segmented at the transition points identified.