EP2313848A4 - Methods for enhancing vascular patterns in cervical imagery - Google Patents

Methods for enhancing vascular patterns in cervical imagery

Info

Publication number: EP2313848A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: methods; vascular patterns; enhancing vascular; imagery; cervical
Prior art date: 2008-08-15
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP08795361A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2313848A1 (en

Inventor

Wenjing Li

Sankar Venkataraman

Ulf Peter Gustafsson

John Taylor Hargrove

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

STI Medical Systems LLC

Original Assignee

STI Medical Systems LLC

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2008-08-15

Filing date

2008-08-15

Publication date

2012-08-29

2008-08-15 Application filed by STI Medical Systems LLC filed Critical STI Medical Systems LLC

2011-04-27 Publication of EP2313848A1 publication Critical patent/EP2313848A1/en

2012-08-29 Publication of EP2313848A4 publication Critical patent/EP2313848A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

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- G06T5/30—Erosion or dilatation, e.g. thinning
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- G06T2207/20036—Morphological image processing
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- G06T2207/30101—Blood vessel; Artery; Vein; Vascular

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Apparatus For Radiation Diagnosis (AREA)
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EP08795361A 2008-08-15 2008-08-15 Methods for enhancing vascular patterns in cervical imagery Withdrawn EP2313848A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
PCT/US2008/009777 WO2010019121A1 (en)	2008-08-15	2008-08-15	Methods for enhancing vascular patterns in cervical imagery

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2313848A1 EP2313848A1 (en)	2011-04-27
EP2313848A4 true EP2313848A4 (en)	2012-08-29

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Country Status (4)

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EP (1)	EP2313848A4 (en)
JP (1)	JP2012500040A (en)
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WO (1)	WO2010019121A1 (en)

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