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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2014
Litel Instruments, San Diego, CA (US);
Adlai H. Smith, Escondido, CA (US);
Robert O. Hunter, Jr., Snowmass Village, CO (US);
Litel Instruments, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for mapping a target image to a reference image includes receiving a target image; receiving a reference image that overlaps the target image; preprocessing the target image, wherein the preprocessing includes: rejecting a target image with a shadow region above a shadow threshold while keeping a target image with a shadow region below a shadow threshold; providing an uncertainty in a location of the kept target image relative to the reference image; transforming the kept target image to an atlas projection to match the reference image; partitioning the transformed kept target image into a sub-region; and determining a matching statistic for each sub-region to determine a location for each sub-region relative to the reference image.