Application

ENHANCING THE VISIBILITY OF BLOOD VESSELS IN COLOUR IMAGES

Patent Number EP-3846672-A1

Publication Year 2021

Application Year 2019

Priority Year 2018

Jurisdiction EP

Status Granted

Inventors

JØRGENSEN ANDREAS HÄRSTEDT SONNENBORG FINN

Applicants

  1. Ambu (Denmark)
  2. [NORA names: Ambu; Private Research; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD]

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of enhancing the visibility of blood vessels in a colour image captured by an image capturing device of a medical device. The colour image having a plurality of colour channels and a plurality of pixels. The method comprises for at least some of said plurality of pixels the steps of: (a) processing data obtained from a first colour channel together with data obtained from a second colour channel to determine a value of a first parameter indicative of the intensity in the red spectrum relative to the total intensity of said pixel; (b) using said value of said first parameter to alter said pixel, wherein said first parameter has at least three possible values, and wherein the strength of the alteration is dependent on the value of said first parameter.

Patent Family Records (15)

Method for enhancing the visibility of blood vessels in color images and visualization systems implementing the method  

Ambu (Denmark), Ambu AS JØRGENSEN ANDREAS HÄRSTEDT, SONNENBORG FINN

2024, US-11978184-B2

ENHANCING THE VISIBILITY OF BLOOD VESSELS IN COLOUR IMAGES  

Ambu (Denmark), Ambu AS JØRGENSEN ANDREAS HÄRSTEDT, SONNENBORG FINN

2024, EP-3846672-B1

METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE VISIBILITY OF BLOOD VESSELS IN COLOR IMAGES AND VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD  

Ambu (Denmark), Ambu AS JØRGENSEN ANDREAS HÄRSTEDT, SONNENBORG FINN

2022, US-20220058799-A1

Enhancing vessel visibility in color images  

Ambu (Denmark), Ambu AS Andreas helstedt Jonson, Finn Sonberg

2022, CN-112770660-B

ENHANCING THE VISIBILITY OF BLOOD VESSELS IN COLOUR IMAGES  

Ambu (Denmark), Ambu AS JØRGENSEN ANDREAS HÄRSTEDT, SONNENBORG FINN

2021, US-20210342985-A1

Enhancing the visibility of blood vessels in colour images  

Ambu (Denmark), Ambu AS JØRGENSEN ANDREAS HÄRSTEDT, SONNENBORG FINN

2021, US-11205253-B2

Method for enhancing the visibility of blood vessels in color images and visualization systems implementing the method  

Ambu (Denmark), Ambu AS JØRGENSEN ANDREAS HÄRSTEDT, SØNNENBORG FINN

2021, US-11074690-B2

METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE VISIBILITY OF BLOOD VESSELS IN COLOR IMAGES AND VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD  

Ambu (Denmark), Ambu AS JØRGENSEN ANDREAS HÄRSTEDT, SONNENBORG FINN

2021, EP-3876186-A1

ENHANCING THE VISIBILITY OF BLOOD VESSELS IN COLOUR IMAGES

Ambu (Denmark), Ambu AS JØRGENSEN ANDREAS HÄRSTEDT, SONNENBORG FINN

2021, EP-3846672-A1

ENHANCING THE VISIBILITY OF BLOOD VESSELS IN COLOUR IMAGES  

Ambu (Denmark), Ambu AS JØRGENSEN ANDREAS HÄRSTEDT, SONNENBORG FINN

2021, EP-3620098-B1

Method for enhancing blood vessel visibility in color images and visualization system  

Anbu Co ltd JORGENSEN ANDREAS HARSTEDT, SONNENBORG FINN

2021, CN-113436082-A

Enhancing vessel visibility in color images  

Anbu Co ltd JORGENSEN ANDREAS HARSTEDT, SONNENBORG FINN

2021, CN-112770660-A

ENHANCING THE VISIBILITY OF BLOOD VESSELS IN COLOUR IMAGES  

AMBU AS, Ambu (Denmark) JØRGENSEN ANDREAS HÄRSTEDT, SONNENBORG FINN

2020, WO-2020048997-A1

METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE VISIBILITY OF BLOOD VESSELS IN COLOR IMAGES AND VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD  

Ambu (Denmark), Ambu AS JØRGENSEN ANDREAS HÄRSTEDT, SØNNENBORG FINN

2020, US-20200211190-A1

ENHANCING THE VISIBILITY OF BLOOD VESSELS IN COLOUR IMAGES  

Ambu (Denmark), Ambu AS JØRGENSEN ANDREAS HÄRSTEDT, SONNENBORG FINN

2020, EP-3620098-A1

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