Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-12
2011-07-12
Ahmed, Samir A (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
active
07978889
ABSTRACT:
A method of generating a 3 dimensional object includes providing a volumetric scan of a study object as a series of image slices. An image segmentation algorithm is used to image segment each image slice into at least a first region and a second region, the first region of each image slice corresponds to a first object of the study object, and the second region of each image slice corresponds to a second object of the study object. The first region is selected from a first image slice. Regions of adjacent image slices are statistically compared to the first region using a comparison of touching regions to designate corresponding first regions in the adjacent image slices. The first region of each image slice of the series corresponding to the first object is binned to form a first binned object. A 3 dimensional object of the first binned object is formed.
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Goble Warren J.
Valdiserri Michael
Ahmed Samir A
Fitzpatrick Atiba O
Greenberg & Traurig, LLP
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