WO1999005639A8 - Wavelet snake technique for discrimination of nodules and false positives in digital radiographs - Google Patents
Wavelet snake technique for discrimination of nodules and false positives in digital radiographsInfo
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- WO1999005639A8 WO1999005639A8 PCT/US1998/015278 US9815278W WO9905639A8 WO 1999005639 A8 WO1999005639 A8 WO 1999005639A8 US 9815278 W US9815278 W US 9815278W WO 9905639 A8 WO9905639 A8 WO 9905639A8
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- WIPO (PCT)
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- wavelet
- snake
- nodules
- discrimination
- false positives
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G06T7/00—Image analysis
- G06T7/0002—Inspection of images, e.g. flaw detection
- G06T7/0012—Biomedical image inspection
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- G06V10/00—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding
- G06V10/70—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning
- G06V10/74—Image or video pattern matching; Proximity measures in feature spaces
- G06V10/75—Organisation of the matching processes, e.g. simultaneous or sequential comparisons of image or video features; Coarse-fine approaches, e.g. multi-scale approaches; using context analysis; Selection of dictionaries
- G06V10/754—Organisation of the matching processes, e.g. simultaneous or sequential comparisons of image or video features; Coarse-fine approaches, e.g. multi-scale approaches; using context analysis; Selection of dictionaries involving a deformation of the sample pattern or of the reference pattern; Elastic matching
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US08/900,191 US6078680A (en) | 1997-07-25 | 1997-07-25 | Method, apparatus, and storage medium for detection of nodules in biological tissue using wavelet snakes to characterize features in radiographic images |
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WO1999005639A9 WO1999005639A9 (en) | 1999-04-22 |
WO1999005639A8 true WO1999005639A8 (en) | 1999-06-17 |
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