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Interactive live segmentation with automatic selection of optimal tomography slice

US9269141B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Rafael Wiemker · Kisdorf, DE
Harald Sepp Heese · Hamburg, DE
Andre Goossen · Radbruch, DE
Klaus Erhard · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 3, 2012
Grant date	Feb 23, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 16, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30068
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for automatic selection of optimal tomography slices by executing a number of tentative segmentations using the same interactively provided in-slice seed point on some or all available tomography slices. The appropriate segmentation boundaries are then marked and the slice with the best segmentation goodness value (figure of merit) is presented to the user via a viewer. The steps are repeated when the user changes the seed point. The optimal segmentation boundary is displayed on top of a single simulated mammography image, fused from all tomography slice images.

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