| US 7,522,756 B2 | ||
| Method, system and apparatus for processing radiographic images of scanned objects | ||
| Clifford Bueno, Clifton Park, N.Y. (US); Elizabeth Lokenberg Dixon, Delanson, N.Y. (US); Walter Vincent Dixon, Delanson, N.Y. (US); Forrest Frank Hopkins, Cohoes, N.Y. (US); Michael Robert Hopple, Scotia, N.Y. (US); Brian Walter Lasiuk, Waukesha, Wis. (US); Ronald Cecil McFarland, Cincinnati, Ohio (US); August David Matula, Fredericksburg, Va. (US); Robert James Mitchell, Jr., Waterford, N.Y. (US); Kevin Layne Moermond, Cincinnati, Ohio (US); and Gregory Alan Mohr, West Chester, Ohio (US) | ||
| Assigned to General Electric Company, Niskayuna, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 09, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/684,176. | ||
| Application 11/684176 is a division of application No. 10/456280, filed on Jun. 05, 2003, granted, now 7,215,801. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0166033 A1, Jul. 10, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—132 [382/141] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A radiographic inspection system, comprising:
a computer adapted to be in signal communication with an imaging system, the imaging system adapted to acquire and output
radiographic image data of a scanned object; and
a real-time image controller in signal communication with the computer;
the computer comprising:
a processor to execute operations according to a set of instructions provided by installed application software;
at least one memory to store the application software and to store the image data; and
an input device and a display device operable as a graphical user interface to configure and operate the inspection system;
the real-time image controller comprising:
at least one of a set of image control buttons and a set of image control dials; and
an application programming interface to map the functions of the control buttons and dials to the application software.
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