Image directed method and system for outlining anatomical regions
US11903692B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 17, 2020 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/03
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for detecting and creating magnetic resonance imaging anatomical outlines of a subject, including acquiring magnetic resonance imaging signals of a selected region of interest of the subject's anatomy, processing the magnetic resonance imaging signals to determine image pixel intensity. calculating a mean intensity value associated with the center location of the selected region of interest, and determining concentric interior and exterior anatomical outlines surrounding the center location. Image pixels with an intensity value greater than the mean intensity value by a first threshold amount are designated as part of the interior anatomical outline. Image pixels with an intensity value less than the mean intensity value by a second threshold amount are designated as part of the exterior anatomical outline.
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