We claim:
1. A method of mapping optical texture properties from at least one optical image to an acquired monochrome data set comprising:
segmenting the acquired monochrome data set into a plurality of classifications representing a plurality of textures;
segmenting the optical image into a plurality of color classifications representing a second plurality of textures;
generating a texture model for the plurality of color classifications;
matching the texture models to the plurality of classifications of the monochrome image data; and
applying the texture models to the monochrome image data.
2. An imaging system for mapping optical texture properties from at least one optical image to an acquired monochrome data set comprising:
an imaging scanner for acquiring the monochrome data set;
a processor, said processor segmenting the acquired monochrome data set into a plurality of classifications representing a plurality of textures, segmenting the optical image into a plurality of color classifications representing a second plurality of textures, generating a texture model for the plurality of color classifications, matching the texture models to the plurality of classifications of the monochrome image data, and applying the texture models to the monochrome image data; and
a display unit operatively coupled to the processor for displaying a representation of the image data with the texture models applied.
3. The imaging system for mapping optical texture properties according to claim 2, wherein the imaging scanner is a computed tomography scanner.
4. The imaging system for mapping optical texture properties according to claim 2, wherein the imaging scanner is a magnetic resonance imaging scanner.
5. The imaging system for mapping optical texture properties according to claim 2, wherein the image data with the texture models applied is a color representation of the object being imaged.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A dispersion for application of a metal layer on a substrate that is not electrically conductive, comprising
A from 0.01 to 30% by weight, based on the total weight of the dispersion, of an organic binder component;
B from 30 to 89.99% by weight, based on the total weight of the dispersion, of a metal component at least comprising
B1 from 0.01 to 99.99% by weight, based on the total weight of the metal component B, of a first metal with a first metal particle shape, and
B2 from 99.99 to 0.01% by weight, based on the total weight of the metal component B, of a second metal with a second metal particle shape;
C from 10 to 69.99% by weight, based on the total weight of the dispersion, of a solvent component;
where at least one of the following conditions has been met:
(1) the first and second metal are different;
(2) the first and second particle shape are different.
2. The dispersion according to claim 1, which moreover comprises at least one of the following components
D from 0.01 to 50% by weight, based on the total weight of the dispersion, of a dispersing agent component; and
E from 0.01 to 50% by weight, based on the total weight of the dispersion, of a filler component.
3. The dispersion according to claim 1, wherein the binder component A is composed of a polymer or polymer mixture.
4. The dispersion according to claim 1, wherein, if appropriate, the first and second metal have been coated, having been selected independently of one another from the group consisting of zinc, nickel, copper, tin, cobalt, manganese, iron, magnesium, lead, chromium, bismuth, silver, gold, aluminum, titanium, palladium, platinum, tantalum, and alloys thereof
5. The dispersion according to claim 1, wherein the first and second particle shape have been selected independently of one another from the group consisting of acicular, cylindrical, lamellar, and spherical.
6. The dispersion according to claim 1, wherein the first and second metal are different.
7. The dispersion according to claim 6, wherein the first metal and the second metal have been selected from the group consisting of iron, copper, zinc, and aluminum.
8. The dispersion according to claim 1, wherein the first and second particle shape are different.
9. The dispersion according to claim 8, wherein the first particle shape is spherical and the second particle shape is lamellar or acicular.
10. The dispersion according to claim 1, wherein the average particle diameter of the first and second metal is in the range from 0.01 to 100 \u03bcm.
11. A process for preparation of a dispersion according to claim 1, the steps comprising
A mixing of components A to C and, if appropriate, D and E, and of further components, and
B dispersion of the mixture.
12. A process for production of a metal layer on at least one portion of the surface of a substrate that is not electrically conductive, the steps comprising
a) application of a dispersion according to claim 1 on the substrate;
b) drying andor hardening of the applied layer on the substrate; and
c) if appropriate, deposition of a metal by a currentless andor electroplating method on the dried andor hardened dispersion layer.
13. The process according to claim 12, wherein, in layer a), the dispersion is applied in structured or full-surface form.
14. The process according to claim 12, wherein at least one of the steps a), b), and, if appropriate, c) is carried out in an at least to some extent continuous procedure.
15. A substrate surface with an at least partially present electrically conductive metal layer obtainable from the process according to claim 12.
16-17. (canceled)
18. A method of applying a dispersion according to claim 1 for application of a metal layer.
19. A method of applying a dispersion according to claim 2 for application of a metal layer.
20. A method for applying a dispersion according to claim 3 for application of a metal layer.
21. A method selected from the group consisting of conducting an electrical current, conducting heat, providing a decorative metal surface, screening of electromagnetic radiation and for magnetization, which comprises applying the substrate surface according to claim 15.
22. The method according to claim 21 for providing a member selected from the group consisting of a printed circuit board, RFID antenna, transponder antenna, seat-heating system, ribbon cable, and contactless chip card.