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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ricardo Scott Avila, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Christopher Richard Volpe, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
A method for segmenting an input volume in accordance with at least one selected characteristic comprises the steps of casting a plurality of rays along a plurality of views of the input volume, identifying regions corresponding to the selected characteristic within each ray, and processing the identified regions to generate an output volume indicating regions having the selected characteristic.