Method and apparatus for identifying regions of interest in a medical image
US9349184B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 4, 2009 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/032
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for identifying regions of interest in medical images of a subject, in particular images captured by a medical imaging apparatus, such as a PET scanner, a list of voxels of the image is obtained, and sorted according to a first variable. A user-selection of an initial voxel in the image is then registered, and at least one voxel or group of voxels from the sorted list is selected as a region of interest, according to a property of the at least one voxel or group in relation to the user-selected initial voxel. The image may be pre-processed to generate the sorted list of voxels, following which the user selection of the initial voxel is registered.
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