Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-19
2010-11-30
Strege, John B (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C382S131000, C382S132000, C382S154000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07844087
ABSTRACT:
A method of segmenting a lesion (910) from normal anatomy in a 3-dimensional image comprising the steps of: receiving an initial set of voxels (520) that are contained within the lesion to be segmented; growing a region which includes the lesion from the initial set of voxels; identifying a second set of voxels (530) on a surface of the normal anatomy; determining a surface containing the second set of voxels which demarks a boundary (540) between the lesion and the normal anatomy; and classifying voxels which are part of the lesion.
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Ray Lawrence A.
Simon Richard A.
Carestream Health Inc.
Strege John B
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