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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Zhimin Huo, Pittsford, NY (US);
Minjie Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Jing Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
David H. Foos, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Zhimin Huo, Pittsford, NY (US);
Minjie Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Jing Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
David H. Foos, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for displaying a radiographic image identifies a region of interest in a portion of the radiographic image, suppresses background image content within the identified region of interest, and enhances contrast of the image within the region of interest to form an enhanced region of interest. The enhanced region of interest is displayed within the remaining portion of the radiographic image.