Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-29
2008-12-30
Seth, Manav (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C378S004000, C378S021000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07471815
ABSTRACT:
A computer-implemented method for candidate generation in three-dimensional volumetric data comprises forming a binary volumetric image of the three-dimensional volumetric data including labeled foreground voxels, estimating a plurality of shape features of the labeled foreground voxels in the binary volumetric data including, identifying peak voxels and high curvature voxels from the foreground voxels in the binary volumetric image, accumulating a plurality of confidence values for boundary and each peak voxel, and detecting confidence peaks from the plurality of confidence values, wherein the confidence peaks are determined to be the candidate points, and refining the candidate points given detected confidence peaks, wherein refined candidate points are determined to be candidates.
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Hong Lin
Qing Shuping
Shen Hong
Shi Yonggang
Seth Manav
Siemens Medical Solutions USA , Inc.
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