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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2007
Applicant:
Rainer Henkel, Schweppenhausen, DE;
Inventor:
Rainer Henkel, Schweppenhausen, DE;
Assignee:
Smiths Heimann GmbH, Wiesbaden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for improving detail detectability in x-ray images is provided, whereby by means of an x-ray inspection device a positive x-ray image of an object is made, the x-ray image is subdivided into an object region and an empty region, and the empty region of the x-ray image is darkened.