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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2007
Adrian Barbu, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Vassilis Athitsos, Arlington, TX (US);
Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Peter Durlak, Erlangen, DE;
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Adrian Barbu, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Vassilis Athitsos, Arlington, TX (US);
Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Peter Durlak, Erlangen, DE;
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A method for online optimization of guidewire visibility in fluoroscopic images includes providing an digitized image acquired from a fluoroscopic imaging system, the image comprising an array of intensities corresponding to a 2-dimensional grid of pixels, detecting a guidewire in the fluoroscopic image, enhancing the visibility of the guidewire in the fluoroscopic image, calculating a visibility measure of the guidewire in the fluoroscopic image, and readjusting acquisition parameters of the fluoroscopic imaging system wherein the guidewire visibility is improved.