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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Xiang Zhou, Exton, PA (US);
Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
R. Bharat Rao, Berwyn, PA (US);
Alok Gupta, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Xiang Zhou, Exton, PA (US);
Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
R. Bharat Rao, Berwyn, PA (US);
Alok Gupta, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A detection framework that matches anatomical structures using appearance and shape is disclosed. A training set of images are used in which object shapes or structures are annotated in the images. A second training set of images represents negative examples for such shapes and structures, i.e., images containing no such objects or structures. A classification algorithm trained on the training sets is used to detect a structure at its location. The structure is matched to a counterpart in the training set that can provide details about the structure's shape and appearance.