Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc.

Lichen Liang

Hong Shen

A method for analyzing a medical image. The process: establishes a predetermined criteria; obtains data in a plane traverse the anatomical object; identifies a point disposed on the object in the plane; detects contour points of the object in the plane from the identified point; analyzes the obtained contour points to predict a subsequent point on the object and a tracing direction, such tracing direction being along the length of the object; determines a subsequent plane transverse the object, such predicted point being in the subsequent plane; repeats the process until the predetermined criterion is satisfied.

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Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Lichen Liang