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Method for segmenting image data for detecting a liver

US8090180B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Florian Maier · Glückstadt, DE
Grzegorz Soza · Heroldsberg, DE
Andreas Wimmer · Graz, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 13, 2008
Grant date	Jan 3, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V2201/03
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is disclosed for segmenting image data for detecting a liver of a subject under examination. In at least one embodiment, the method includes determining as rib pixels which represent a rib, determining pixels which delimit an area inside the rib cage, determining pixels which represent a pixel of the liver and determining a probability, for each pixel inside the rib cage, as to whether the pixel belongs to the liver or not, with the aid of a Random Walker method.

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