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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2012
Sung Min Kim, Goyang-si, KR;
Kwang Yong Shin, Seoul, KR;
Young Ho Park, Bucheon-si, KR;
Hyeon Chang Lee, Seoul, KR;
SO Ra Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Eui Chul Lee, Seoul, KR;
Gang Ryung Park, Seoul, KR;
Sung Min Kim, Goyang-si, KR;
Kwang Yong Shin, Seoul, KR;
Young Ho Park, Bucheon-si, KR;
Hyeon Chang Lee, Seoul, KR;
So Ra Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Eui Chul Lee, Seoul, KR;
Gang Ryung Park, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A method of processing a blood vessel image is provided. The method includes (a) sharpening an original blood vessel image using a Gabor filter in consideration of various directions and thicknesses of blood vessels included in the blood vessel and (b) detecting edges according to a change in brightness in a blood vessel domain and a non-blood vessel domain of the original blood vessel image and the blood vessel image on which the Gabor filtering step is completed, using an edge extraction method based on a first-order differentiation or second-order differentiation.