Patent ID: 9064315
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A processor implemented method for image improvement comprising the following steps not necessarily in sequential order: providing a plurality of frames of a region of interest; determining the value of each pixel at each location within each frame to form a first array of pixel values for each frame; selecting less than all of the pixel locations within each frame within the plurality of frames; summing the intensity values for the selected pixel locations within each frame; multiplying the pixels in the first array of pixel values by the summation of intensity values for the selected pixel locations to produce a first product array for each frame; summing the first product arrays; determining the average of first product arrays by dividing the sum of first product arrays by the number of frames in the plurality of frames; determining the average value of each pixel at each pixel location for the plurality of frames to form a second array of averaged pixel values for the plurality of frames; determining the average of the summation of intensity values for the selected pixel locations for the plurality of frames; multiplying the array of average pixel values and the average of the summation of intensity values for the selected pixel locations for the plurality of frames to form a second product array; and subtracting the second product array from the average of first product arrays to provide an improved image of the region of interest.