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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2008
Paul E. Licato, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Saad Ahmed Sirohey, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Tamanna Nanavaty Bembenek, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Max Wintermark, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul E. Licato, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Saad Ahmed Sirohey, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Tamanna Nanavaty Bembenek, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Max Wintermark, San Francisco, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for enhancing images of an object includes registering a fixed image with cine images of the same object. Next, the fixed image and the cine images are transformed into frequency space representations thereof. A central portion of the frequency space cine images are merged with a peripheral portion of frequency space fixed image using a defined normalized response curve or a predefined normalized response curve (or both) to form a merged image. Finally, the method includes inversely transforming the merged image into enhanced cine images of the object.