Patents by Inventor Carole Amiot

Carole Amiot has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9672597
    Abstract: A method for reducing noise in flouroscopic images by detection of the traits in the curvelet domain, matching of the detected traits and time-domain filtering adapted to the type of coefficients associated with a trait. The method uses the discrete curvelet transforms of the images from a sequence. The denoised coefficients are detected, then transmitted to a step for locally matching the traits, the matched data subsequently undergo a step for time-domain filtering allowing the movement of the objects to be preserved in the image and a step for a 2D IDCT (Inverse Discrete Curvelet Transform) in order to produce the final image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Carole Amiot, Catherine Girard
  • Publication number: 20170004601
    Abstract: A method for reducing noise in flouroscopic images by detection of the traits in the curvelet domain, matching of the detected traits and time-domain filtering adapted to the type of coefficients associated with a trait. The method uses the discrete curvelet transforms of the images from a sequence. The denoised coefficients are detected, then transmitted to a step for locally matching the traits, the matched data subsequently undergo a step for time-domain filtering allowing the movement of the objects to be preserved in the image and a step for a 2D IDCT (Inverse Discrete Curvelet Transform) in order to produce the final image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Carole Amiot, Catherine Girard
  • Patent number: 9058654
    Abstract: In the field of medical imaging using fluoroscopy, a method for reducing noise in a sequence of fluoroscopic images acquired by an X-ray detector comprises for each image (xn) of the sequence: applying temporal filtering to the image (xn) at instant n, the temporal filtering comprising fluoroscopic noise reduction processing; applying spatial filtering to the image (yn) at instant n, the spatial filtering comprising: transforming the image (yn) acquired at the instant n from the spatial domain into the curvelet domain using a curvelet transform, each transformed image being represented by a set of coefficients, thresholding the coefficients of the image (yn) using a thresholding function, the thresholding function cancelling the coefficients below a third predetermined threshold, and preserving or adjusting the coefficients above the third predetermined threshold, transforming the image (Zn) whose coefficients have been thresholded from the curvelet domain into the spatial domain using an inverse curvelet tra
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Jérémie Pescatore, Carole Amiot
  • Publication number: 20140153842
    Abstract: In the field of medical imaging using fluoroscopy, a method for reducing noise in a sequence of fluoroscopic images acquired by an X-ray detector comprises for each image (xn) of the sequence: applying temporal filtering to the image (xn) at instant n, the temporal filtering comprising fluoroscopic noise reduction processing; applying spatial filtering to the image (yn) at instant n, the spatial filtering comprising: transforming the image (yn) acquired at the instant n from the spatial domain into the curvelet domain using a curvelet transform, each transformed image being represented by a set of coefficients, thresholding the coefficients of the image (yn) using a thresholding function, the thresholding function cancelling the coefficients below a third predetermined threshold, and preserving or adjusting the coefficients above the third predetermined threshold, transforming the image (zn) whose coefficients have been thresholded from the curvelet domain into the spatial domain using an inverse curvelet tra
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Jérémie Pescatore, Carole Amiot