Patents by Inventor Lucil Goubet

Lucil Goubet 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).

  • Image processing method, system and examination apparatus for extracting a threadlike structure in a noisy digital image
    Patent number: 6968078
    Abstract: An image processing method for extracting a thread-like structure (GW) represented on the background in a digital noisy original image (IM1), comprising steps of acquisition (1) of the original image data; extraction (2) of elementary pixel strings (A1,A2,.) associated in string sets (SA,SB,SC), each of a same threadlike structure, forming a string set image (IM2); operation (4) of a First Phase (Intra-Set Phase) automatically yielding one Best String (A,B,C) per string set (INSI); and/or operation (5) of a Second Phase (Extra-Set Phase) automatically yielding one Final Best String (FBS) by linking Best Strings or elementary strings when the Second Phase is directly carried out (EXSI), for representing the threadlike structure (GW). Application: Medical Imaging; X-ray apparatus with image processing means and display means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Raoul Florent, Lucil Goubet