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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Saad Masood, Edinburgh, GB;
Costas Plakas, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2018.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G06K 9/00536 (2013.01); G06K 9/6218 (2013.01); G06K 9/6277 (2013.01); G06T 11/008 (2013.01); G06T 2211/408 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for processing multi-energy image data to separate at least two types of material comprises a classification unit, wherein the classification unit is configured to obtain a classification of pixels or voxels belonging to the types of material based on a threshold which is adaptively changed in dependence on multi-energy intensity information associated with the pixels or voxels.