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Patent No.:

US 9265474 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshihito Machida, Sagamihara, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/504 (2013.01);
Abstract

A histogram of pixel values in a difference image between a post-injection X-ray image and composite image is generated. A histogram of pixel values in a difference image between a pre-injection X-ray image and the composite image is generated. From the difference between the histograms, information on pixel values in a region where a radiopaque dye is imaged in the difference image between the post-injection X-ray image and composite image is collected. Pixel values in the difference image between the post-injection X-ray image and composite image are converted by using the collected information, and the converted difference image is output.


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