Patents by Inventor Yuming Rao

Yuming Rao 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).

  • Method and device for automatically detecting collimation edges
    Patent number: 8135191
    Abstract: A method for automatically detecting a collimation edge or region includes reading an image captured by an X-ray imaging system, detecting intersection points between a foreground and a background and between a foreground and a tissue on the X-ray image, and performing a Hough transform or Radon transform on the detected intersection points to form collimation edge lines interconnecting the foreground and the background, and the foreground and the tissue, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuming Rao, Wenwu Sun
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING COLLIMATION EDGES
    Publication number: 20090238433
    Abstract: A method for automatically detecting a collimation edge or region includes reading an image captured by an X-ray imaging system, detecting intersection points between a foreground and a background and between a foreground and a tissue on the X-ray image, and performing a Hough transform or Radon transform on the detected intersection points to form collimation edge lines interconnecting the foreground and the background, and the foreground and the tissue, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuming RAO, Wenwu SUN