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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2019
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Guillaume Chabin, Princeton, NJ (US);
Jonathan Sperl, Bamberg, DE;
Rainer Kärgel, Forchheim, DE;
Sasa Grbic, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Razvan Ionasec, Nuremberg, DE;
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
For processing a medical image, medical image data representing a medical image of at least a portion of a vertebral column is received. The medical image data is processed to determine a plurality of positions within the image. Each of the plurality of positions corresponds to a position relating to a vertebral bone within the vertebral column. Data representing the plurality of positions is processed to determine a degree of deformity of at least one vertebral bone within the vertebral column.