Method of classification of organs from a tomographic image
US9818189B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 17, 2012 |
| Grant date | Nov 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30056
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for classification of an organ in a tomographic image. The method comprises the steps of receiving (102) a 3-dimensional anatomical tomographic target image comprising a water image data set and a fat image data set, each with a plurality of volume elements, providing (104) a prototype image comprising a 3-dimensional image data set with a plurality of volume elements, wherein a sub-set of the volume elements are given an organ label, transforming (106) the prototype image by applying a deformation field onto the volume elements of the prototype image such that each labeled volume element for a current organ is determined to be equivalent to a location for a volume element in a corresponding organ in the target image, and transferring (108) the labels of the labeled volume elements of the prototype image to corresponding volume elements of the target image.
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