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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Lukasz Pintal, Wleń, PL;
Krzysztof Piotrowski, Wrocław, PL;
Michal Popek, Otmuchów, PL;
Wojciech Sura, Wrocław, PL;
Kamil Zukowski, Sokółka, PL;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining the position of a feature of an object under test in a tomography image are disclosed. The method includes: determining characterizing points, in an additional image, of a feature of the object of interest; determining position data relating to the feature in the additional image based on the detected characterizing points; and identifying a feature of the object of interest in the tomography image. The determined position data in the additional image is used to guide the identification. A computer readable medium which may be non-transitory and upon execution by a processor configures a computer to perform the method is also disclosed.