Method for the analysis of image data representing a three-dimensional volume of biological tissue
US10083507B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/03
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In the context of a method for the analysis of image data representing a three-dimensional volume of biological tissue, the image data comprises a first image representing the volume at a first point in time and a second image representing the volume at a second point in time being different from the first point in time. The method comprises the steps of: a) identifying a first subvolume of the volume represented by the first image having a major extension in a predefined direction and a second subvolume of the volume represented by the second image having a major extension in the predefined direction, whereas the first subvolume and the second subvolume represent a same region of the three-dimensional volume; b) creating a distance matrix from image data of a succession of voxels of the first subvolume in the predefined direction and image data of a succession of voxels of the second subvolume in the predefined direction; and c) analyzing the distance matrix to obtain at least one local measure for a probability of growth of a layer of the biological tissue represented by the first and the second subvolume, along the predefined direction.
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