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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2007
Raúl San José Estépar, Cambridge, MA (US);
George R. Washko, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Edwin K. Silverman, Brookline, MA (US);
John J. Reilly, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ron Kikinis, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Carl-fredrik Westin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Raúl San José Estépar, Cambridge, MA (US);
George R. Washko, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Edwin K. Silverman, Brookline, MA (US);
John J. Reilly, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ron Kikinis, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Carl-Fredrik Westin, Cambridge, MA (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for reconstructing an image includes receiving tomographic data representative of an image signal; deriving, from the image signal, a plurality of components; identifying a spatial location associated with maximum phase congruency of the components; incorporating, into an image, an edge at the spatial location; and providing an output representative of the image.