Abstract: A first frame of a video stream is obtained. The first frame is defined by a plurality of pixels associated with a set of color data. A determination is made that a pixel of the plurality of pixels comprises high-frequency information. Responsive to the determination that the pixel comprises high-frequency information, a pixel lock is generated for the pixel such that color data associated with the pixel is maintained during a color accumulation process for at least one of the first frame or a second frame of the video stream that is subsequent to the first frame.

Abstract: A first frame of a video stream rendered at a first resolution is obtained. A second frame of the video stream upscaled to a second higher resolution is also obtained. The first plurality of pixels is upscaled to the second resolution. The upsampling generates upsampled color data for the upsampled first plurality of pixels. The upsampled color data is accumulated with a second set of color data associated with a second plurality of pixels defining the second frame to generate final color data for the upsampled first plurality of pixels. Color data of the second set of color data associated with a pixel lock contributes more to the final color data than corresponding color data of the upsampled color data. The upsampled first plurality of pixels is stored with the final color data as an upscaled frame representing the first frame at the second resolution.

Abstract: Techniques for demosaicing of digital color images are improved by estimating and using the structural instability in the neighborhood of the respective pixel. The structural instability for a color is given by the range of the color values for this color in a first local region around each current pixel. A method is executed by a device for interpolating a missing color at the current pixel in a color image produced by a digital image sensor having a color filter array, the current pixel having a current color that differs from the missing color. The method comprises: computing (51) a range value for one of: pixels having the missing color and pixels having the current color; computing (52) an interpolation value at the current pixel as a function of the range value and color values for pixels having the missing color within a second local region around the current pixel; and setting the missing color at the current pixel to the interpolation value.

Abstract: Techniques for demosaicing of digital color images are improved by estimating and using the structural instability in the neighborhood of the respective pixel. The structural instability for a color is given by the range of the color values for this color in a first local region around each current pixel. A method is executed by a device for interpolating a missing color at the current pixel in a color image produced by a digital image sensor having a color filter array, the current pixel having a current color that differs from the missing color. The method comprises: computing (51) a range value for one of: pixels having the missing color and pixels having the current color; computing (52) an interpolation value at the current pixel as a function of the range value and color values for pixels having the missing color within a second local region around the current pixel; and setting the missing color at the current pixel to the interpolation value.

Abstract: A digital color image is processed for correction of lateral chromatic aberration in a current color plane (CCP). The processing identifies (502), within each of a plurality of predetined search regions distributed over the image, selected blocks comprising intensity edge(s) in both CCP and a reference color plane (RCP). The processing further determines (503), for each selected block in CCP, a radial scaling factor that minimizes a measure of difference between the intensity edges in CCP and RCP, and processes (504) the redial scaling factors of the selected blocks to determine a spatial scaling function that relates radial scaling to radial distance from an image reference point. The processing further recalculates (505) color values in CCP by computing an interpolated color value for each image pixel at an updated pixel location given by the spatial scaling function for the respective image pixel. The method may be operated on a mosaiced or a demosaiced image.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the field of demosaicing an image captured by an image sensor including a color filter array, and more specifically relate to such a demosaicing operation using the GPU, shaders of the GPU and built-in rasterization function of the GPU.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the field of demosaicing an image captured by an image sensor a color filter array, and more specifically relate to such a demosaicing operation using the GPU, shaders of the GPU and built-in rasterization function of the GPU.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of cardiac imaging using hyperpolarised 13C-pyruvate as MR imaging agent, which allows determination of the viability of cells in the myocardium.

Abstract: A system and method for metabolic MR imaging of a hyperpolarized agent includes exciting a single metabolic species of a hyperpolarized agent injected into a subject of interest. MR signals are acquired from the excited single metabolic species and an image is reconstructed from the acquired MR signals.

Abstract: A system and method for metabolic MR imaging of a hyperpolarized agent includes exciting a single metabolic species of a hyperpolarized agent injected into a subject of interest. MR signals are acquired from the excited single metabolic species and an image is reconstructed from the acquired MR signals.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for imaging multiple substances, such as contrast agents and metabolites in vivo, with selective excitation frequencies. A first substance is excited with a frequency selective pulse, then a second substance is excited with another frequency selective pulse. The signals resulting from these pulses are acquired in an order reversed from the order in which the pulses were applied. In some embodiments, more than two substances may be imaged. The system and method thus provide for quick and efficient utilization of the magnetization of multiple substances for spectral-spatial imaging.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for imaging multiple substances, such as contrast agents and metabolites in vivo, with selective excitation frequencies. A first substance is excited with a frequency selective pulse, then a second substance is excited with another frequency selective pulse. The signals resulting from these pulses are acquired in an order reversed from the order in which the pulses were applied. In some embodiments, more than two substances may be imaged. The system and method thus provide for quick and efficient utilization of the magnetization of multiple substances for spectral-spatial imaging.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for imaging multiple substances, such as contrast agents and metabolites in vivo, with selective excitation frequencies. A first substance is excited with a frequency selective pulse, then a second substance is excited with another frequency selective pulse. The signals resulting from these pulses are acquired in an order reversed from the order in which the pulses were applied. In some embodiments, more than two substances may be imaged. The system and method thus provide for quick and efficient utilization of the magnetization of multiple substances for spectral-spatial imaging.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of cardiac imaging using hyperpolarised 13C-pyruvate as MR imaging agent, which allows determination of the viability of cells in the myocardium.

Abstract: A system and method for metabolic MR imaging of a hyperpolarized agent includes exciting a single metabolic species of a hyperpolarized agent injected into a subject of interest. MR signals are acquired from the excited single metabolic species and an image is reconstructed from the acquired MR signals.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for imaging multiple substances, such as contrast agents and metabolites in vivo, with selective excitation frequencies. A first substance is excited with a frequency selective pulse, then a second substance is excited with another frequency selective pulse. The signals resulting from these pulses are acquired in an order reversed from the order in which the pulses were applied. In some embodiments, more than two substances may be imaged. The system and method thus provide for quick and efficient utilization of the magnetization of multiple substances for spectral-spatial imaging.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of a sample, said method comprising: a) administering a hyperpolarised MR contrast agent comprising non-zero nuclear spin nuclei into said sample for fluid dynamic investigations of the vasculature, b) exposing said sample or part of the sample to radiation of a frequency selected to excite nuclear spin transitions in said non-zero nuclear spin nuclei, c) detecting MR signals from said sample using any suitable manipulation method including pulse sequences. The invention also provides novel compounds.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of MR investigation of a sample, said method comprising: (i) nuclear spin polarizing a high T1 MR imaging agent which contains in its molecular structure at least two hyperpolarisable nuclei within the same molecule, the frequency difference between the two resonance lines from said nuclei, ??, being dependent upon either the temperature or the pH of said sample; (ii) administering the nuclear spin polarized MR imaging agent to said sample; (iii) exposing said sample to a radiation at a frequency selected to excite nuclear spin transitions in said MR imaging agent; and (iv) detecting and manipulating magnetic resonance signals from said sample using a single-shot RARE acquisition sequence with shifted data acquisition.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for passive visualisation of invasive devices by employing a hyperpolarised solution of a high T1 agent having a T1 value of at least 5 seconds at a field strength in the range of 0.001-5 T and a temperature in the range of 20-40° C. Devices and instruments particularly useful for being employed in the methods are also provided as well as use of the methods in imaging, surgery and therapy.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for providing multiple quality of service classes to subscribers in a network by determining a subscriber's quality of service information by using a database containing quality of service information for each subscriber that has subscribed to one of the multiple quality of service classes, and storing the subscriber's quality of service information in a visitor location register where the subscriber is currently registered.