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Patent No.:

US 8938087 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2011
Applicants:

Seok-min Han, Seongnam-si, KR;

Dong-goo Kang, Suwon-si, KR;

Young-hun Sung, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Inventors:

Seok-min Han, Seongnam-si, KR;

Dong-goo Kang, Suwon-si, KR;

Young-hun Sung, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 5/005 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes an image mapping unit for generating a mapping image in which first radiation images of multi-energy bands with respect to a local region of a body are mapped to a second radiation image with respect to a thickness variable phantom, an image analyzing unit for analyzing a reference region corresponding to normal tissue in the local region and a peculiar region corresponding to abnormal tissue in the local region based on the mapping image, and an enhancement image generating unit for generating a tissue enhancement image that has a shape of the local region in the first radiation images and enhances regions of pixel positions, that are mapped to the peculiar region, of the first radiation images.


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