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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2008
Applicants:
Dinesh Mysore Siddu, Bangalore, IN;
Mausumi Acharyya, Bangalore, IN;
Jonathan Stoeckel, Hierden, NL;
Sandesh Gupta, Kanpur, IN;
Inventors:
Dinesh Mysore Siddu, Bangalore, IN;
Mausumi Acharyya, Bangalore, IN;
Jonathan Stoeckel, Hierden, NL;
Sandesh Gupta, Kanpur, IN;
Assignees:
Siemens Computer Aided Diagnostics, Ltd., Jerusalem, IL;
Siemens Information Systems, Ltd., Bangalore, IN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of detecting blood vessel shadows in an anterior posterior x-ray radiograph comprising the steps of: generating candidate sub areas of the radiograph showing changes in contrast above a threshold level; supressing rib shadow edges; eliminating lung tissue shadow edges, and categorizing and eliminating nodule shadows.