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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:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2003
Applicant:
Edward Ashton, Webster, NY (US);
Inventor:
Edward Ashton, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
VirtualScopics LLC, Pittsford, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Structures are delineated in medical or other images. First, various tissue types present in the image are statistically described using a maximum likelihood classifier. Second, the tissue of interest is described using an exemplar, which is derived either from an anatomical atlas or from user input. Third, the structure of interest is morphologically described. The process can be iterated until a desired level of accuracy is achieved.