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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:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Applicant:
Hagai Krupnik, Nofit, IL;
Inventor:
Hagai Krupnik, Nofit, IL;
Assignee:
GIVEN IMAGING LTD., Yoqneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/80 (2006.01); G06K 9/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/80 (2013.01); G06K 9/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for estimating a size of an object in an image is provided. A tissue model may be provided. Points in an image may be selected. A distance or estimated distance of the points from an imaging device may be determined based on the tissue model. A geometrical relation associating the point, distances and an object may be derived. A size parameter of the object may be calculated based on the geometrical relation. Other embodiments are described and claimed.