Patent ID: 9134258
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G01N,G01V,G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for imaging an object, said method comprising: acquiring image data of the object, wherein the image data includes a plurality of original voxels; identifying, using a processing device, a first subset of voxels and a second subset of voxels from the acquired image data; performing a principal component analysis (PCA) on the first subset of voxels to produce a first set of eigenvalues and the second subset of voxels to produce a second set of eigenvalues; determining whether sheet-like material is present in the object based on the results of the performed PCA on the first subset of voxels; and determining a thickness of the sheet-like material by comparing the results of the performed PCA on the first subset of voxels and the results of the performed PCA on the second subset of voxels, and by comparing the smallest eigenvalue from the first set of eigenvalues to the smallest eigenvalue from the second set of eigenvalues.