Abstract: The method of preparing a lithographic printing plate precursor according to the present invention comprises the steps of: providing an aluminum support; graining and anodizing the aluminum support; without applying a hydrophilic layer on the anodized aluminum support, coating a composition which is photopolymerizable upon absorption of light having a wavelength in the range of from 350 nm to 450 nm and comprising a polymerizable monomer or oligomer, a binder and a photo-initiator on the grained and anodized aluminum support to form a photopolymerizable layer; coating an overcoat on the photopolymerizable layer; characterized in that the ratio of the total solid amount of polymerizable monomer and oligomer to the total solid amount of binder is from 1.0 to 2.0.

Abstract: A printing table for a flatbed printing machine, for example, a large format digital flatbed printing machine, has a printing table base and a printing table plate disposed on the printing table base. The printing table base is connected by several connecting elements to the printing table plate. The connecting elements permit movement of the printing table plate relative to the printing table base, in particular movement caused by thermal expansion, only in a direction parallel to the printing table surface and only proceeding from a certain area of the printing table plate, the area having a point or line form and being fixed relative to the printing table base.

Abstract: A method of determining disturbing signal frequencies in a signal representation of radiation image originating from the presence of an anti-scatter grid during image acquisition, the signal representation being generated by an image read out and digitizing process, whereby the digitizing of an image of a simulated anti-scatter grid is simulated and the signal resulting from this simulation is evaluated to determine the disturbing frequencies.

Abstract: A method of detecting the orientation of a radiographic image represented by a digital signal representation wherein mathematical moments of the digital signal representation are calculated relative to different reference entities and wherein a decision on the orientation of the radiographic image, for example the position of the thorax edge in a mammographic image, is obtained on the basis of an extreme value (minimum, maximum) of the calculated moments.

Abstract: A novel polymeric initiator is disclosed comprising a dendritic polymer core with at least one initiating functional group as an end group. The dendritic polymeric core is preferably a hyperbranched polymer. The polymeric initiators are useful in radiation curable compositions such as varnishes, lacquers and printing inks and are especially useful in radiation curable inkjet inks.

Abstract: A method for making a lithographic printing plate is disclosed which comprises the steps of: (1) providing a heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor comprising on a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, a heat-sensitive coating, (2) image-wise exposing said precursor with IR-radiation or heat, and (3) developing said image-wise exposed precursor with an alkaline developing solution, characterised in that a sludge inhibiting agent is present in said precursor or in said developing solution or in said precursor and said developing solution, and wherein said sludge inhibiting agent is a triazaindolisine compound. According to the above method, the formation of sludge is inhibited or reduced.

Abstract: Method of eliminating the effect of afterglow on a radiation image read out of a photostimulable phosphor screen. For each pixel the amount of afterglow generated by previously scanned pixels in the same line of pixels is determined and subtracted from the digital signal representation of that pixel.

Abstract: At least one approximation image is created of the image at one or multiple scales. Translation difference images are created by pixel-wise subtracting the values of an approximation image at scale s and the values of a translated version of the approximation image. A non-linear modification is applied to the values of the translation difference image (s) and at least one enhanced center difference image at a specific scale is computed by combining the modified translation difference images at that scale or a smaller scale with weights Wi,j. An enhanced image is computed by applying a reconstruction algorithm to the enhanced center difference images. The non-linear modification of the values of the translation difference images is steered by the values of an orientation map which comprises for each pixel a local direction of interest.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive imaging element includes an IR dye having a structure according to Formula I, wherein at least one of the Rd groups is a group which is transformed by a chemical reaction, induced by exposure to IR-radiation or heat, into a group which is a stronger electron-donor than the Rd; or wherein at least one of the Ra groups is a group which is transformed by a chemical reaction, induced by exposure to IR-radiation or heat, into a group which is a stronger electron-acceptor than the Ra. The imaging element is able to form a visible print-out image with a high contrast directly after image-wise exposure by IR-radiation or heating.

Abstract: A cursor mode display system and method for indicating an offset distance between a cursor position on an image and a closest image slice in a corresponding image series. First, the three-dimensional coordinates associated with the cursor position on the image are determined by projecting the cursor position onto a three-dimensional patient coordinate system. The closest image slice is then identified as the image slice in the corresponding image series that is closest to the three-dimensional coordinates of the cursor position. The offset distance between the closest image slice and the three-dimensional coordinates associated with the cursor position is then calculated. If the offset distance does not exceed a threshold value, then the closest image slice is displayed. Otherwise a modified version of the closest image slice is displayed.

Abstract: A system and method for navigating an image series, the image series containing a number of substantially aligned planar images. First, the images of the image the image series are grouped into a number of subseries, the number of subseries being less than the number of substantially aligned planar images in the image series. A representative image series is generated by generating an image from each subseries. The representative image series is displayed. It is determined whether an image from the representative image series has been selected. If an image from the representative image series has been selected, then the subseries associated with the selected image is displayed.

Abstract: A method of making a lithographic printing plate comprising the steps of: a) providing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, and a coating provided thereon, said coating comprising (i) a contiguous photopolymerisable layer having a photopolymerisable composition, or (ii) a contiguous intermediate layer and thereon a photopolymerisable layer having a photopolymerisable composition, wherein said photopolymerisable composition comprises a polymerisable compound, a polymerization initiator and a first polymer, b) image-wise exposing said coating, c) optionally, heating the precursor, d) developing the precursor by treating the coating of the precursor with a gum solution or by mounting the exposed precursor on a plate cylinder of a lithographic printing press and rotating the plate cylinder while feeding dampening liquid and/or ink to the coating, wherein said contiguous photopolymerisable or intermediate layer furt

Abstract: A method of making a flexographic printing forme includes the steps of: (1) providing a flexographic support; (2) applying a powder layer on said the support; (3) imagewise jetting a curable composition on the powder layer; (4) at least partially curing the jetted curable composition; (5) repeating steps (2) to (4) until the total thickness of the powder layers is greater than 100 ?m; (6) removal of the powder not embedded in the imagewise jetted and at least partially cured composition; and (7) optionally overall post curing.

Abstract: A method for developing a printing plate precursor comprising the step of immersing the precursor in an aqueous alkaline developing solution comprising a (co) polymer comprising a monomeric unit which is represented by the following formula (I): wherein L is a linking group; R1, R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group; R4 represents an optionally substituted hydroxyaryl group; x=0 or 1; y=0 or 1 and when y=0 then x=1 and L is further bound to C* to form a cyclic structure.

Abstract: A method for interlaminating an embossed hologram, the embossed hologram comprising an optionally transparent support having two sides, at least one of the two sides either itself being embossed or having a layer thereon which is embossed and a layer of a HRI-material contiguous with the embossed side or embossed layer, comprising the steps of: a) conditioning the outermost surface of the layer of inorganic HRI-material with an alkaline solution or an acidic solution; b) drying the outermost surface of the layer of the inorganic HRI-material thereby providing a conditioned outermost surface of the layer of inorganic HRI-material; c) applying a layer of an adhesive composition to the conditioned outermost surface of the layer of inorganic HRI-material support; and d) laminating the outermost surface of the layer of HRI-material to a polymer film, wherein at least one of the support and the polymer film is transparent; and wherein the HRI material is a material with a refractive index of at least 0.

Abstract: A method for generating an output image by reducing the size of an input image by determining for a pixel location (i,j) in the output image a corresponding areaxy in the input image, fetching the input image areaxy pixel values, calculating an output pixel value Dij for the pixel location (i,j) using a size reducing algorithm, inserting Dij in the output image and repeating the previous steps for each pixel location (i,j) in the output image. The value Di,j is obtained by adding to the lower resolution background representation A of the input image area pixel values with a value obtained by amplifying MED, representing the pixel value in the input image area that most deviates from said lower resolution background representation A, by means of a significance factor SF.

Abstract: Information carrier precursor comprising: a rigid sheet or support and a receiving layer configuration comprising at least one layer, wherein at least one layer of the receiving layer configuration is opaque, porous, has the capability of being rendered substantially transparent by penetration by a lacquer provided at the outermost surface of the receiving layer configuration and comprises at least one pigment, at least one binder and a pattern-wise applied diffusion inhibitor selected from the group consisting of silicones substituted with a polyalkyleneoxy-group, anionic surfactants having a fluoroalkyl-group with at least 7 carbon atoms and/or an alkyl group with at least 10 carbon atoms and/or an alkenyl group with at least 10 carbon atoms and/or two alkyl groups with at least 8 carbon atoms and cationic surfactants having a fluoroalkyl-group with at least 7 carbon atoms and/or an alkyl group with at least 10 carbon atoms and/or two alkyl groups with at least 8 carbon atoms; a method for producing the abo

Abstract: At least one approximation image is created of the image at one or multiple scales. Translation difference images are created by pixel-wise subtracting the values of an approximation image at scale s and the values of a translated version of the approximation image. A non-linear modification is applied to the values of the translation difference image (s) and at least one enhanced center difference image at a specific scale is computed by combining the modified translation difference images at that scale or a smaller scale with weights wi,j. An enhanced image is computed by applying a reconstruction algorithm to the enhanced center difference images. The non-linear modification of the values of the translation difference images is steered by (a) characteristic (s) computed out of the approximation image (s) at least one scale.

Abstract: A method of making a flexographic printing sleeve forme includes the steps of forming a sleeve body by providing one or more at least partially cured uniform layers on a sleeve carrier; forming a relief image on the sleeve body by imagewise jetting a curable jetting fluid; and optionally overall post-curing; characterized in that between formation of the sleeve body and formation of the relief image no polishing or grinding is performed.

Abstract: A method for making a heat-sensitive negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor including the steps of providing a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, and applying onto the support a coating solution including an infrared absorbing agent, hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles, a hydrophilic binder, and a polymer including siloxane and/or perfluoroalkyl monomeric units.