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Automatic detection of vertebrae boundaries in spine images

US8965083B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

General Electric Company · US
London Health Sciences Centre · CA

Inventors

Ismail Ben Ayed · London, CA
Kumaradevan Punithakumar · London, CA
Sukhdeep Gill · London, CA
Gregory Garvin · London, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 28, 2012
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 8, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30012
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus are disclosed to automatically detect vertebrae boundaries in a spine image. A method to detect a vertebra in a spine image is described, the method comprising generating a rectangle approximation of a reference vertebra. The method also including identifying a mask similar to the rectangle approximation and labeling a mask region in the mask. The method also including comparing the mask region to the rectangle approximation and detecting a vertebra in the spine image based on the comparison.

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