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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
Victor C. Wong, Rochester, NY (US);
Gary M. Spinelli, Hilton, NY (US);
Peter D. Burns, Fairport, NY (US);
Paul O. Mclaughlin, Rochester, NY (US);
Jean Marc Inglese, Bussy Saint Georges, FR;
Victor C. Wong, Rochester, NY (US);
Gary M. Spinelli, Hilton, NY (US);
Peter D. Burns, Fairport, NY (US);
Paul O. McLaughlin, Rochester, NY (US);
Jean Marc Inglese, Bussy Saint Georges, FR;
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for displaying live video of a tooth identifies a tooth tissue region in a viewable image frame obtained from a video stream and processes pixel data within the tooth tissue region to identify a suspected caries site. Intensity values for pixels that correspond to the suspected caries site are modified and a highlighted viewable image frame is formed as a combination of the modified intensity values corresponding to the suspected caries site and other pixel values in the viewable image frame. The highlighted viewable image frame is displayed in video form.