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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2005
Anna Jerebko, West Chester, PA (US);
Luca Bogoni, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Sarang Lakare, Malvern, PA (US);
Anna Jerebko, West Chester, PA (US);
Luca Bogoni, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Sarang Lakare, Malvern, PA (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for segmentation of structures in an image based on curvature slope are provided, the system including a processor, a curvature slope unit in signal communication with the processor for computing curvature slopes in the image and discarding voxels having a slope not satisfying specifications, and a segmentation unit in signal communication with the processor for locating connected clusters of retained voxels; and the method including computing curvature slopes in the image, discarding voxels having a slope not satisfying specifications, and locating connected clusters of retained voxels.