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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Benoit M. Dawant, Nashville, TN (US);
Zhujiang Cao, Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventors:
Benoit M. Dawant, Nashville, TN (US);
Zhujiang Cao, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for segmentation of an organ of a living subject with a variable shape and boundary and surrounded by structures and tissues in connection with an image containing the organ. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of initializing a contour inside the organ in the image, introducing a speed function that is capable of accumulating spatial and temporal information of a propagating front of the contour, and evolving the contour toward the boundary of the organ using the introduced speed function so as to segment the organ.