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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2005
Applicant:
David Thomas Gering, Waukesha, WI (US);
Inventor:
David Thomas Gering, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and system for segmenting image data are provided. The method includes fitting a topological atlas to acquired image data and generating spatially varying priors based on the fitted topological atlas. The method further includes segmenting the acquired image data based on the spatially varying priors.