Patents Assigned to Philips Electronics North
  • Method and system for generating display data
    Patent number: 8194951
    Abstract: A method of aiding in the evaluation of lesions in a body using a plurality of sets of image data of sections of the body region in mutually parallel planes. Processing of the data requires several steps, including pixel intensity pattern recognition, ˜ contouring of the regions of probable pathology, thresholding and 3-dimensional clustering, providing each pixel with a color representative of a selected opacity level and displaying an image of the region of interest where areas of probable pathological conditions are highlighted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Philips Electronics North
    Inventors: Alan Penn, Scott F. Thompson