Computerized boundary estimation in medical images
US5820559A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30248
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A computerised boundary estimation technique (using prostate as an example) in medical images (ultrasound in particular), called Radial Bas-Relief. An imaging probe can be carried by a robot and shares the same reference frame as the robot. The prostate is scanned and the ultrasound images are fed into a computer which provides computational images processing. Such a method is employed to allow a quick and robust extract of the boundary of interest from transverse images taken transurethrally or transrectally.
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