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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2005
Marta Fidrich, Szeged, HU;
Eors Mate, Szeged, HU;
Laszlo G Nyul, Szeged, HU;
Attila Kuba, Szeged, HU;
Bence Kiss, Miskolc, HU;
Marta Fidrich, Szeged, HU;
Eors Mate, Szeged, HU;
Laszlo G Nyul, Szeged, HU;
Attila Kuba, Szeged, HU;
Bence Kiss, Miskolc, HU;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for automatically segmenting image data of an object includes selecting a seed, creating an initial surface around the seed, preprocessing the image data, running a deformable surface algorithm on the image data and post processing the image data. Selecting the seed includes at least one of selecting one seed point within the object, selecting two seed points within the object with one seed point being selected at an upper end of the object and the other seed point being selected at a lower end of the object if the object is a first organ, and selecting a curved segment within the object if the object is a second organ.