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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Waukesha, WI (US);
Ruoqiao Zhang, W. Lafayette, IN (US);
Charles Bouman, W. Lafayette, IN (US);
Ken Sauer, Notre Dame, IN (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/006 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for model-based image processing are provided. One method includes selecting at least one reference image from a plurality of reference images, partitioning the at least one reference image into a plurality of patches, generating a probability distribution for each of the patches, and generating a model of a probability distribution for the at least one reference image using the probability distributions for each of the patches.