Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-19
2011-04-19
Bella, Matthew C (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
active
07929741
ABSTRACT:
A method for detecting and localizing mucus plugs in digitized lung images, includes providing a digitized lung image volume comprising a plurality of intensities corresponding to a 3-dimensional grid of points, extracting a bronchial tree from said lung image, said bronchial tree comprising a plurality of branching airways terminating at terminal points, providing a model of a 2-dimensional cross section of an airway, selecting an extended point beyond a terminal point of an airway branch in a direction of said airway branch, obtaining a 2-dimensional cross section I of size m×n points from said lung image about said selected point, processing said 2D cross section I by calculating a local neighborhood function for each point in the cross section and forming a union of all local neighborhood functions, and calculating a correlation between processed 2D cross section and said airway model, wherein said correlation is indicative of the presence of a mucus plug within said airway.
REFERENCES:
patent: 6694163 (2004-02-01), Vining
patent: 7194117 (2007-03-01), Kaufman et al.
patent: 7574024 (2009-08-01), Bitter et al.
patent: 7715608 (2010-05-01), Vaz et al.
patent: 7822461 (2010-10-01), Geiger et al.
patent: 2004/0267114 (2004-12-01), Mundy et al.
patent: 2005/0182295 (2005-08-01), Soper et al.
Guiliguian Diran
Kiraly Atilla Peter
Odry Benjamin
Bella Matthew C
Nakhjavan Shervin
Siemens Medical Solutions USA , Inc.
LandOfFree
System and method for automated detection of mucus plugs... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with System and method for automated detection of mucus plugs..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and System and method for automated detection of mucus plugs... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2724744