Patent ID: 7982776

Claim:
A system for removing motion artifacts from image data comprising: an SBI device adapted for delivering an SBI formatted image data stream of a subject matter being imaged, said SBI device further comprising an illuminating-scanning portion and a detecting portion; a motion detection means, said motion detection means being operably adapted to detect a motion of said illuminating-scanning portion relative to said subject matter being imaged and output a motion data; and a processor adapted for accepting said SBI formatted image data stream and said motion data, processing said SBI formatted image data stream using said motion data to remove the motion artifacts, said processing changing the resolution by eliminating a first plurality of scanned lines in the SBI formatted image data stream from a field of view and replacing said first plurality of scanned lines using data derived at least in part from a remaining second plurality of scanned lines to produce a motion corrected data stream, and outputting said motion corrected image data stream.