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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2014
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Frank Bergner, Hamburg, DE;
Rolf Dieter Bippus, Hamburg, DE;
Bernhard Johannes Brendel, Norderstedt, DE;
Michael Grass, Buchholz in der Nordheide, DE;
Cristian Lorenz, Hamburg, DE;
Thomas Koehler, Norderstedt, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Image processing methods and related apparatuses (SEG,UV). The apparatuses (SEG,UV) operate to utilize noise signal information in images (IM). According to one aspect, apparatus (SEG) uses the noise information (FX) to control a model based segmentation. According to a further aspect, apparatus (UV) operates, based on the noise information (FX), to visualize the uncertainty of image information that resides at edge portions of the or an image (IM).