System and method for body extraction in medical image volumes
US7650025B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 26, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30004
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for identifying non-body structures in digitized medical images including the steps of providing a digitized image comprising a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points on an N-dimensional grid, wherein said image includes a representation of a body and of non-body structures separate from said body, initializing a surface in said image on a side of said non-body structures opposite from said body, defining a plurality of forces acting on said surface, and displacing said surface through said non-body structures using said forces until said body is encountered.
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