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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
May. 20, 2006
Applicant:
Uwe Mundry, Mauldin, SC (US);
Inventor:
Uwe Mundry, Mauldin, SC (US);
Assignee:
Imaging Sciences International LLC, Hatfield, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of and apparatus for enhancing an array of values, which may be tomographic data, are disclosed. The values are divided into categories. Values in at least one first category are smoothed by replacing an original individual value with a new individual value determined from a plurality of neighboring values. The values in at least one second category are retained relatively unsmoothed.