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7352370 Four-dimensional volume of interest  
A method and apparatus for representing a deformable volume of interest in four dimensions is described, where the four dimensions are three spatial dimensions and one temporal dimension including...
7352374 Image data set with embedded pre-subpixel rendered image  
Various imaging processing techniques are disclosed for displaying a pre-subpixel rendered image. The pre-subpixel rendered image can be transmitted directly to a display capable of displaying a...
7349568 Method and apparatus for handling stereoscopic images utilizing parallax images  
An image acquiring unit acquires a two-dimensional image from a digital camera and a stereoscopic image from a stereo image storage, and sends those images to a pixel replacing unit. The pixel...
7349570 Graphic image to 3D image conversion device  
A device applicable to computers, TV sets, and projectors for converting a graphic image into a 3D image includes an image input loop, image control loop, output parity horizontal translation image...
7349569 Method and device for forming an isolated visualization of body structures  
The invention relates to a method of forming an isolated visualization of body structures from a 3D image data set, which method includes the steps of forming a binary data set in which all image...
7346188 Motion detection method and device, program and vehicle surveillance system  
Based on an input image from an imaging device and a preset background image, a digitized image is generated for each frame. The digitized images are compared. Then, an increased region, a...
7343036 Imaging method for a capsule-type endoscope unit  
A computer-based 3D imaging method is for a wireless endoscope unit, equipped with a camera, of the size of a capsule that can be swallowed by the patient. A medical apparatus is for the pseudo...
7343039 System and process for generating representations of objects using a directional histogram model and matrix descriptor  
A system and process for determining the similarity in the shape of objects is presented that generates a novel shape representation called a directional histogram model. This shape representative...
7342668 High speed multiple line three-dimensional digitalization  
A system provides high-speed multiple line digitization for three-dimensional imaging of a physical object. A full frame of three-dimensional data may be acquired in the same order as the frame...
7343278 Tracking a surface in a 3-dimensional scene using natural visual features of the surface  
A facility for determining the 3-dimensional location and orientation of a subject surface in a distinguished perspective image of the subject surface is described. The subject surface has innate...
7343035 Method and system for three-dimensional feature attribution through synergy of rational polynomial coefficients and projective geometry  
A method is provided for generating height information for an arbitrary-image point on a rectified image and for generating a representation of the rectified image that includes the height...
7339586 Method and system for mesh-to-image registration using raycasting  
A method of registering a digital image with a polygonal mesh comprising the steps of providing a digital image, providing a polygonal mesh comprising a plurality of vertices that approximates an...
7336277 Per-pixel output luminosity compensation  
Per-pixel luminosity adjustment uses a luminosity mask applied as a texture. In one embodiment, a luminosity texture is defined. Pixel data of an underlying image is converted to an image texture....
7333652 System and method for efficiently performing a depth map recovery procedure  
A system and method for efficiently performing a depth map recovery procedure includes an imaging device that is implemented in a single-lens stereo-shutter configuration for simultaneously...
7333648 Feature quantification from multidimensional image data  
Techniques, hardware, and software are provided for quantification of extensional features of structures of an imaged subject from image data representing a two-dimensional or three-dimensional...
7333651 Method and apparatus for measuring similarity using matching pixel count  
A stereo disparity between a reference image and a search image for a reference pixel in the reference image is determined by (a) calculating a similarity measure between a reference window...
7333644 Systems and methods for providing automatic 3D lesion segmentation and measurements  
Systems and methods are provided for automatic 3D segmentation of abnormal anatomical structures such as colonic polyps, aneurisms or lung nodules, etc., in 3D medical imaging applications. For...
7330584 Image processing apparatus and method  
An image processing apparatus and an image processing method, applied to e.g. a TV conference system or a TV telephone system, in which an image to be transmitted or received is captured and...
7330576 Quantification method of vessel calcification  
A method that allows the quantification of the true mass of a calcium fragment located along a vessel is provided. The method is independent of the level of arterial contrast enhancement, does not...
7330577 Three-dimensional modeling of the oral cavity by projecting a two-dimensional array of random patterns  
A method for creating three-dimensional models of intra-oral scenes and features. The intra-oral scene is illuminated by a two-dimensional array of structured illumination points, with...
7327872 Method and system for registering 3D models of anatomical regions with projection images of the same  
An imaging system for use in a medical intervention procedure is disclosed. A first image acquisition system of a first modality employing a catheter at an anatomical region of a patient is...
7327903 Method and apparatus for reconstruction of a multi-dimensional image  
A method and apparatus for imaging including reconstruction of an image of an object from a set of projections acquired for different positions of an acquisition apparatus around the object to be...
7327857 Non-contact measurement method and apparatus  
A non-contact imaging apparatus for examining an object having complex surfaces or shape deformations. The imaging apparatus includes at least one imaging device for obtaining a scanned image of...
7324712 Quality factor  
The present invention concerns the discrimination of good measurement results measured by a computer vision system from bad results. By the method of the invention, values calculated from the...
7324663 Flight parameter measurement system  
A portable flight parameter measurement system is a standalone smart camera which tracks the surface of an object in motion, e.g., a ball, and determines speed, trajectory, a spin axis, and a spin...
7324688 Face relighting for normalization of directional lighting  
A method determines a direction of a principal light source in an image. An input image I is acquired of an object illuminated by a principal light source from an unknown direction. The input image...
7324686 Scene reconstruction and camera calibration with robust use of cheirality  
The technology described relates to reconstruction of 3-dimensional scenes from uncalibrated images, and provides a robust and systematic strategy for using cheirality in scene reconstruction and...
7321682 Image generation system, image generation method, program, and information storage medium  
An image generation system includes a first image generation section for generating images IL 1 and IR 1 for the left eye and the right eye, a second image generation section for generating...
7321677 System and method for three-dimensional reconstruction of an artery  
A method and system for imaging an artery contained in an arterial tree. A microprocessor generates a three-dimensional reconstruction of the arterial tree from two or more angiographic images...
7321367 Arrangement and method for spatial visualization  
An apparatus for image data computation and for synchronous data output. An arrangement for producing and reproducing two partial light images which together can be perceived as a light image...
7319776 Image processing method and image processing program  
An overall image obtained by successively imaging different imaging regions a plurality of times during an image period using an imaging device is separated into a plurality of partial images...
7319798 Apparatus generating 3-dimensional image from 2-dimensional image and method thereof  
A 3-dimensional image is generated from an input 2-dimensional image based upon illuminative characteristics of the input image by filtering the 2-dimensional input image with filters of different...
7317812 Method and apparatus for robustly tracking objects  
The present invention pertains generally to the field of computer graphics user interfaces. More specifically, the present invention discloses a video image based tracking system that allows a...
7317819 Apparatus and method for three-dimensional imaging  
A computing device in a three-dimensional imaging system utilizes a plurality of distance readings and reference readings from the at least one subject sensor to determine a subject location and a...
7317836 Pose estimation based on critical point analysis  
Methods and systems for estimating a pose of a subject. The subject can be a human, an animal, a robot, or the like. A camera receives depth information associated with a subject, a pose estimation...
7317825 Using temporal and spatial coherence to accelerate maximum/minimum intensity projection  
A computer-implemented method for intensity projection includes providing volume data, determining an estimated threshold for determining a maximum/minimum intensity value in the volume data from...
7315638 Image display system  
An arbitrary cross section of an object is designated and a depth perpendicular to the designated cross section is designated. A cross-section projected-image data representing a cross-section...
7315644 Investigation of destroyed assemblies and identification of components thereof  
A method is disclosed for providing a means for identifying recovered component parts of a destroyed assembly quickly and relatively easily using digital or electronic scanning techniques and...
7315639 Method of lung lobe segmentation and computer system  
A method of lung lobe segmentation having the steps of: providing of three dimensional first image data of a lung; segmentation of a tubular structure to identify first voxels of the first image...
7315643 Three-dimensional shape measurement technique  
A 3-dimensional measurement method captures a plurality of images of an object from different points of view while shifting a light pattern projected onto the object. A plurality of 3-dimensional...
7313266 Pose estimation method and apparatus  
A three-dimensional image data is formulated and saved in a memory for indicating a three-dimensional shape of an object and reflectivity or color at every point of the object. For each of multiple...
7312795 Image display apparatus and method  
Image display method of superimposing virtual space image data on real space image data at an arbitrary viewpoint and exhibiting the superimposed image to a viewer is provided. When real space...
7313265 Stereo calibration apparatus and stereo image monitoring apparatus using the same  
The stereo calibration apparatus includes an image input device inputting an image from each of two image pickup devices, a straight-line detector detecting at least four straight lines from each...
7313264 Scanning apparatus and method  
A scanning apparatus and method for generating computer models of three-dimensional objects comprising means for scanning the object to capture data from a plurality of points on the surface of the...
7310440 Replacement sensor model for optimal image exploitation  
A replacement sensor model for optimally exploiting imaging data obtained by an image sensor. The replacement sensor model includes a ground-to-image function such as a polynomial for converting...
7310154 Shape measurement system  
An image capturing apparatus for capturing an image of an object. The image capturing apparatus includes a correspondence detector which detects a correspondence of characteristic points of an...
7310435 Method and apparatus for extracting multi-dimensional structures using dynamic constraints  
A technique is provided for segmenting a structure of interest from a volume dataset. The technique identifies regions of the structure using templates having characteristics of the structure of...
7310441 Method and apparatus for three-dimensional tracking of infra-red beacons  
A method for processing data includes identifying a time signature of an infra-red (IR) beacon. Image data associated with the IR beacon is identified using the time signature.
7308111 Apparatus and method for displaying three-dimensional image  
An apparatus and method for displaying a three-dimensional image provides a three-dimensional image having a wide viewing angle and having no distortion. The apparatus includes an aspectogram...
7308132 Method for robust scale-space analysis of 3D local structures in medical images  
A method for determining the location, shape and orientation of a tumor in a medical image includes finding a plurality of spatial extrema μ of a D-dimensional spatial signal f for a set of...