The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Nathan Lay, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
David Liu, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
Shaohua Kevin Zhou, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Bernhard Geiger, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Li Zhang, Skillman, NJ (US);
Vincent Ordy, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Daguang Xu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Chris Schwemmer, Forchheim, NJ (US);
Philipp Wolber, Singapore, SG;
Noha Youssry El-Zehiry, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for whole body bone removal and vasculature visualization in medical image data, such as computed tomography angiography (CTA) scans, is disclosed. Bone structures are segmented in the a 3D medical image, resulting in a bone mask of the 3D medical image. Vessel structures are segmented in the 3D medical image, resulting in a vessel mask of the 3D medical image. The bone mask and the vessel mask are refined by fusing information from the bone mask and the vessel mask. Bone voxels are removed from the 3D medical image using the refined bone mask, in order to generate a visualization of the vessel structures in the 3D medical image.