Term #2,305
Processing
Claim Term
Processing
Reference Case 1
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Date Added
9/1/25
Created
9/1/25, 6:17 PM
Modified
9/1/25, 6:17 PM
Full Desc
“Processing” refers to any operation or series of operations performed on data—including, without limitation, digital photographs, images, radiographic or fluoroscopic images, video frames or sequences, patient information, and the like—to transform, analyze, interpret, generate, derive, enhance, measure, simulate, store, transmit, or otherwise act upon such data, and the like.
Processing may include, without limitation: acquiring or receiving data; decoding, parsing, or converting formats (e.g., RAW, JPEG, PNG, HEIF, TIFF, DICOM, or the like); compression or decompression; normalization, calibration, white balance, flat-fielding, shading correction, or gain correction; geometric correction, rectification, undistortion, dewarping, perspective correction, or registration; resampling, resizing, cropping, rotating, or reformatting; denoising, deblurring, sharpening, contrast adjustment, dynamic-range expansion, high-dynamic-range compositing, super-resolution, or enhancement; segmentation, detection, tracking, feature extraction, keypoint or landmark identification, pose or axis estimation, measurement of distances, angles, areas, volumes, ratios, or the like; generation of annotations, overlays, indicators, text, or graphical objects; simulation, prediction, or estimation of anatomy or outcomes (including simulated corrected anatomy, projected alignments, or the like); fusion or compositing of multiple sources; rendering, visualization, or preparation for display or storage; artifact reduction, de-identification, quality assessment, or the like.
Processing may be implemented in software, hardware, firmware, circuitry, rules-based logic, statistical or signal-processing methods, computer-vision algorithms, and/or one or more artificial intelligence or machine-learning models (including deep learning models, large language models, or the like), executed locally, remotely, or in distributed form; may operate in real time or batch; may be automated, semi-automated, or interactive; and may occur in a single stage or multiple stages, iteratively or in any order, and the like.
For the avoidance of doubt, processing does not require every operation listed; any subset or combination of the foregoing, performed in any reasonable order, constitutes processing, including processing of an image of another image (e.g., a photograph of a displayed radiograph), and the like.
Applications using this term
| Matter | Usage | Notes | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71212.157.USU1 | Defined | — | App terms |