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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:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Hedva Spitzer, Tel Aviv, IL;
Hadar Cohen-duwek, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Yuval Barkan, Kfar-Sirkin, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd., Tel-Aviv, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/40 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/40 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30061 (2013.01); G06T 11/008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30041 (2013.01); G06T 5/008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of processing a computerized tomography image is disclosed. The method comprises preprocessing the image using contrast enhancement weight function, thereby providing a preprocessed image having a first dynamic range; and applying a companding procedure to the preprocessed image, so as to reduce the first dynamic range.