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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Andre Souza, Webster, NY (US);
Krishnamoorthy Subramanyan, Palatine, IL (US);
Inventors:
Andre Souza, Webster, NY (US);
Krishnamoorthy Subramanyan, Palatine, IL (US);
Assignee:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/20 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for noise suppression in a 3-D volume image, executed at least in part on a logic processor, obtains the 3-D volume image, applies diffusion to the volume image according to a parameter that relates to image scale and is specified in an operator instruction, and displays the volume image modified according to the applied diffusion.