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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
May. 07, 2015
Brown University, Providence, RI (US);
Joseph L. Mundy, Barrington, RI (US);
Benjamin Kimia, Providence, RI (US);
Philip Nathan Klein, Providence, RI (US);
Kongbin Kang, Providence, RI (US);
Huseyin Can Aras, Providence, RI (US);
Brown University, Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method and apparatus for detecting subject matter of interest in view data obtained by scanning an object including generating a filter adapted to respond to the subject matter of interest, splatting the filter onto a portion of the view data to provide a filter splat, and performing at least one operation on the portion of the view data using the filter splat to facilitate determining whether the subject matter of interest is present in the portion of the view data.