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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Xiang Zhou, Exton, PA (US);
Arun Krishnan, Exton, PA (US);
Alok Gupta, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Vaclav Potesil, Brno, CZ;
Xiang Zhou, Exton, PA (US);
Arun Krishnan, Exton, PA (US);
Alok Gupta, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Vaclav Potesil, Brno, CZ;
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of automatic change quantification for medical decision support includes: automatically detecting a structure in a set of medical images; characterizing the detected structure including modeling of deformation characteristics of the detected structure; matching images based on the characterization of the detected structure, wherein a size measure of the detected structure is constrained according to the deformation characteristics; and quantifying a change in the detected structure.