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Determination of enhancing structures in an anatomical body part

US9858674B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

Rainer Lachner · Munich, DE
Rowena Thomson · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
Christina Sladky · Tirschenreuth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 5, 2013
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 28, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30096
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data processing method for determining an enhancing structure of interest within an anatomical body part, wherein the structure of interest exhibits an enhanced signal in an image of the anatomical body part generated by a medical imaging method using a contrast agent, said method being designed to be performed by a computer and comprising a region growing algorithm.

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