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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Carlos E. Cardenas, Bordentown, NJ (US);
Thomas Stingl, Erlangen, DE;
Marc Rose, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A seed point is selected inside a structure that is to be segmented in image data. An adaptive model is defined around the seed point, and a preprocessing filter is applied only within the bounding region. A presegmentation of the preprocessed result is performed, and the bounding region is expanded if necessary to accommodate the presegmentation result. An adaptive model for post-processing may be used. The model is translated, rotated and scaled to find a best fit with the pre-segmented data.