Image segmentation of organs and anatomical structures
US8867812B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 18, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20108
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method to conduct image segmentation by imaging target morphological shapes evolving from one 2-dimension (2-D) image slice to one or more nearby neighboring 2-D images taken from a 3-dimension (3-D) image. One area defined by a user as a target on an image slice can be found in a corresponding area on a nearby neighboring image slice by using a deformation field generated with deformable image registration procedure between these two image slices. It allows the user to distinguish target and background areas with the same or similar image intensities.
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