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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Zhimin Huo, Pittsford, NY (US);
Fan Xu, Pudong, CN;
Shoupu Chen, Rochester, NY (US);
Qinran Chen, Pudong, CN;
Inventors:
Zhimin Huo, Pittsford, NY (US);
Fan Xu, Pudong, CN;
Shoupu Chen, Rochester, NY (US);
Qinran Chen, Pudong, CN;
Assignee:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0083 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20128 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30061 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30172 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for rib suppression in a chest x-ray image detects and labels one or more ribs in a region of interest and detects rib edges of the one or more detected ribs. Cross rib profiles are generated along the detected ribs. The original x-ray image is conditioned according to at least one of the detected rib edge and cross rib profiles. The conditioned x-ray image can be stored, displayed, or transmitted.