Segmentation of anatomic structures using navigation table
US7831079B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 2009 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/03
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of constructing a navigation table relating a set of images representative of a region of interest in a subject to a reference system with reference positions indicating known anatomic landmarks of a reference subject comprising providing reference positions for two or more images identified with two or more anatomic landmarks indicative of the region of interest with reference positions of known anatomic landmarks corresponding to the identified anatomic landmarks, and determining reference positions for the remaining images by interpolation.
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