Patent ID: 7415169
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: A61B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A viewing system for enhancing objects of interest represented on a moving background in a sequence of noisy images and for displaying the sequence of enhanced images, including acquisition means for acquiring the sequence of images and processing means for processing the images comprising extracting means for extracting features related to an object of interest on a background in images of the sequence having an image referential, said processing means further comprising: a first registering means, yielding registered images, for registering the features related to the object of interest with respect to the image referential, while not registering the background; a first temporal integration means for integrating both the object of interest and the background over at least two registered images of the sequence; a second registering means and a second temporal integrating means for integrating the registered object of interest with enhanced edges and the moving background over at least two images of the sequence, yielding images of the registered object of interest with enhanced edges and faded background to the display means and display means for displaying the processed images of the enhanced registered object of interest on faded background.