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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Gheorghe Mihalca, North Chemlsford, MA (US);
Baoduy Tran, Wilmington, MA (US);
Carlos A. Rodriguez, Wakefield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/317 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); A61B 1/00029 (2013.01); A61B 1/00124 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/0669 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/317 (2013.01); G02B 23/2469 (2013.01); G02B 23/2484 (2013.01); G06K 9/46 (2013.01); G06K 9/4652 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06T 11/001 (2013.01); A61B 1/00103 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); G06K 2009/4666 (2013.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30008 (2013.01);
Abstract
Image data representing an image captured by a video endoscopic device is converted from a first color space to a second color space. The image data in the second color space is used to determine the location of features in the image.