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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Applicants:
Richard E. Jacob, Kennewick, WA (US);
James P. Carson, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Richard E. Jacob, Kennewick, WA (US);
James P. Carson, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, Richland, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30061 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of assessing heterogeneity in images is disclosed. 3D images of an object are acquired. The acquired images may be filtered and masked. Iterative decomposition is performed on the masked images to obtain image subdivisions that are relatively homogeneous. Comparative analysis, such as variogram analysis or correlogram analysis, is performed of the decomposed images to determine spatial relationships between regions of the images that are relatively homogeneous.