Method and system for non-invasive temperature mapping of tissue

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PATENT NO 6067371
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09022797

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A method and system for mapping temperature from image data. The method includes the steps of: receiving an image of tissue comprised of multiple pixels, segregating the image into groups of pixels (104), each group of pixels having a set of descriptors (106), establishing a baseline set of descriptors corresponding to initial conditions of the imaged tissue (108), measuring a differential in the set of descriptors for a group of pixels (114), the differential corresponding to a change in pixel values for the group of pixels, correlating said measured differential to a temperature change for the tissue corresponding to the group of pixels (118-124), and overlaying an indication of temperature over the tissue image in response to said correlated temperature change indicating a change in temperature range for the tissue (130-132). The system includes a digital processor implementing a neural network for evaluating a set of descriptors against baseline values learned by the neural network form the initial conditions of the tissue.

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DORNIER MEDICAL SYSTEMS INCKENNESAW GA

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Burdette, Everette C Champaign, IL 47 3206
diMonda, Richard Marietta, GA 11 737
Gouge, James Summerville, GA 2 137

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