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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2005
Jonathan David Oakley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Russakoff, Mountain View, CA (US);
Akira Hasegawa, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jonathan David Oakley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel Russakoff, Mountain View, CA (US);
Akira Hasegawa, Saratoga, CA (US);
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus automatically detect vessels in a diagnostic image. The method according to one embodiment accesses digital image data representing a diagnostic image; detects vessel candidates in the diagnostic image by processing the diagnostic image data, the step of detecting vessel candidates including identifying edge pixel pairs of vessels in a diagnostic image by iteratively adjusting a plurality of constraints relating to a general direction and shape of a vessel for a next iteration of edge pixel pair identification in a diagnostic image; and determines whether the plurality of edge pixel pairs form a vessel using learned features.