Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-18
2007-12-18
Seyed, Azarian (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C382S154000, C378S023000
Reexamination Certificate
active
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ABSTRACT:
A technique is provided for segmenting a structure of interest from a volume dataset. The technique identifies regions of the structure using templates having characteristics of the structure of interest. The identified regions may then undergo a constrained growth process using dynamic constraints that may vary based on local statistics associated with the identified structure regions. Edges within the volume may be determined using gradient data determined by evaluating the strongest gradient between each pixel and all adjacent pixels. The edge data may be used to prevent the constrained growing process from exceeding the boundaries of the structure of interest.
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Mallya Yogisha
Mullick Rakesh
Suryanarayanan Srikanth
Brueske Curtis B.
General Electric Company
Seyed Azarian
Testa Jean K.
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