Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-30
2011-10-11
Zarka, David (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C382S173000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08036440
ABSTRACT:
A method for detecting pulmonary embolisms in computed tomographic (CT) angiography includes providing a digitized (CT) image acquired from inside a pulmonary vessel, the image comprising a plurality of intensities corresponding to a 3-dimensional grid of voxels, for each voxel in the image, extracting a first pulmonary embolism (PE) candidate and PE boundary from the voxel, and for each voxel in the PE boundary, selecting a voxel from the PE boundary, extracting a subsequent PE candidate and PE boundary from the voxel, merging the subsequent PE candidate with the first PE candidate, and merging the subsequent PE boundary with the first PE boundary.
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Bi Jinbo
Liang Jianming
Siemens Medical Solutions USA , Inc.
Withstandley Peter
Zarka David
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