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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2004
Peter Soliz, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mark Wilson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Balaji Raman, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Peter Soliz, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mark Wilson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Balaji Raman, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Kestrel Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
Medical images are automatically segmented by customizing the morphological segmentation of features identified in the image based upon statistical analysis of the features within each region to be analyzed. The statistical description of the features, as reported through a feature vector, informs the system as to which input variables to select for further segmentation analysis for features residing within the region of the image analyzed. By customizing the automatic segmentation analysis to produce an enhanced image, features within the image are characterized more efficiently and precisely. False positive identification of lesions are minimized without sacrifice of true positive identifications.