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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017

Filed:

May. 07, 2015
Applicant:

Brown University, Providence, RI (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

Brown University, Providence, RI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); C07D 401/14 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 17/10 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/0055 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); C07D 401/14 (2013.01); G06K 9/00503 (2013.01); G06T 5/001 (2013.01); G06T 11/008 (2013.01); G06T 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 5/489 (2013.01); A61B 6/03 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20144 (2013.01);
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.


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