Characteristic path-based colon segmentation

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2011-04-19

2011-04-19

Tabatabai, Abolfazl (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

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Biomedical applications

C378S021000

Reexamination Certificate

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07929748

ABSTRACT:
This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for efficiently calculating a colon segmentation from one or more candidate virtual three-dimensional objects. A sequence of image scans are analyzed and candidate segments are identified. Landmark segments are identified from the candidate segments. A characteristic path is generated for each candidate segment. The paths are joined using a cost network and reoriented to be consistent with a typical flythrough path. The connected path is then used to generate a continuous volumetric virtual object.

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