Patent · US Active

Method of segmenting anatomic entities in digital medical images

US7916917B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AGFA HEALTHCARE NV · BE

Inventors

Piet Dewaele · Sint-Niklaas, BE
Dirk Loeckx · Kessel-Lo, BE
Dieter Seghers · Zottegem, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 19, 2010
Grant date	Mar 29, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 19, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30061
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

For each of a number of landmarks in an image an initial position of the landmark is defined. Next a neighborhood around the initial position, comprising a number of candidate locations of the landmark is sampled and a cost is associated with each of the candidate locations. A cost function expressing a weighted sum of overall gray level cost and overall shape cost for all candidate locations is optimized. A segmented anatomic entity is defined as a path through a selected combination of candidate locations for which combination the cost function is optimized.

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