US 7,526,113 B2
	Method for processing an image sequence of a distortable 3-D object to yield indications of the object wall deformations
Marie Jacob, Paris (France); Olivier Gerard, Viroflay (France); and Antoine Collet-Billon, Paris (France)
Assigned to Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Appl. No. 10/478,075 PCT Filed May 21, 2002, PCT No. PCT/IB02/01826 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Nov. 18, 2003, PCT Pub. No. WO02/095683, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 28, 2002.
Claims priority of application No. 01401348 (EP), filed on May 22, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2004/0125997 A1, Jul. 01, 2004
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 382—128  [128/922; 378/4]

19 Claims

1. An image processing method for processing a sequence of images of a distortable 3-D Object, each image being registered at a corresponding image instant within the interval of time of the sequence having steps to construct and display a virtual image of said 3-D Object represented with regions, each region showing a quantified indication relating to its maximal contraction or relaxation within said interval of time, wherein the quantified indication is generated by processing the sequence of images of the distortable 3-D Object, and wherein the virtual image and the quantified indication are displayed together on a screen.