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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2005
Jianming Liang, Paoli, PA (US);
Luca Bogoni, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Jianming Liang, Paoli, PA (US);
Luca Bogoni, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of segmenting an object in a digital image comprising providing a digital image comprising a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points in a N-dimensional space, selecting a region of interest in the image, determining a threshold intensity value for points in said region of interest, wherein an object of interest is defined by points with an intensity above a first pre-determined threshold, computing a distance map for each point in said object of interest, tobogganing each point in said object of interest based on said distance map, and selecting a cluster based on the results of said tobogganing.