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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Huseyin Tek, Princeton, NJ (US);
Ferit Akova, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Alper Ayvaci, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Huseyin Tek, Princeton, NJ (US);
Ferit Akova, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Alper Ayvaci, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An exemplary method of segmenting an object from a structure of interest is provided. A user-selected point in an image is received. A watershed transformation is performed on the user-selected point to determine a primary object. A neighboring watershed region is added to the primary object based on region competition and a smoothness constraint to form an updated object.