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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:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2000
Applicants:
Laurence Sydney Wilson, Allambie Heights, AU;
Stephen Frank Brown, West Ryde, AU;
Rongxin LI, Epping, AU;
Inventors:
Laurence Sydney Wilson, Allambie Heights, AU;
Stephen Frank Brown, West Ryde, AU;
Rongxin Li, Epping, AU;
Assignee:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australian Capital Territory, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of extracting computer graphical objects including at least one vessel structure from a data volume of a portion of an anatomy, the method comprising the steps of: utilizing knowledge based image processing to locate centerlines and utilizing an active surface technique to extract the outer surface of said vessel structure; and storing co-ordinate information of said outer surface for subsequent display.