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Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Arkadiusz Sitek, Ashland, MA (US);

Yiting Xie, Cambridge, MA (US);

Ben Graf, Charleston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/60 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10072 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30101 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30172 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for generating a training example to train artificial intelligence software to automatically determine a centerline of an elongated structure of three dimensional images. One system includes an electronic processor configured to receive a plurality of reference points for a subset of a plurality of slices of a first three dimensional image. Each of the plurality of reference points marks a centerline of the elongated structure within one of the subset of the plurality of slices. The electronic processor is configured to determine an order of the plurality of reference points and fit a spline curve to the plurality of reference points based on the order of the reference points to create the training example. The electronic processor is further configured use the training example to train the artificial intelligence software to automatically determine a centerline of an elongated structure in a second three dimensional medical image.


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