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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2005
Pascal Cathier, Bures, FR;
Xiangwei Zhang, Iowa City, IA (US);
Jonathan Stoeckel, Exton, PA (US);
Matthias Wolf, Exton, PA (US);
Pascal Cathier, Bures, FR;
Xiangwei Zhang, Iowa City, IA (US);
Jonathan Stoeckel, Exton, PA (US);
Matthias Wolf, Exton, PA (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect of the present invention, a method for calculating a response value at a first voxel indicative of a global shape in an image is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) determining at least one local shape descriptor associated with each of the at least one local shape descriptor; (b) determining a spread function associated with the each of the at least one local shape descriptor; (c) determining second voxels around the first voxel; (d) calculating values for each the at least one local shape descriptor at each of the second voxels; (e) determining a contribution of each of the second voxels at the first voxel based on the spread functions; and (f) using a combination function to combine the contributions to determine the response value indicative of the global shape.