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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2006
Hong Shen, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Lichen Liang, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Hong Shen, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Lichen Liang, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A method for analyzing a medical image. The process: establishes a predetermined criteria; obtains data in a plane traverse the anatomical object; identifies a point disposed on the object in the plane; detects contour points of the object in the plane from the identified point; analyzes the obtained contour points to predict a subsequent point on the object and a tracing direction, such tracing direction being along the length of the object; determines a subsequent plane transverse the object, such predicted point being in the subsequent plane; repeats the process until the predetermined criterion is satisfied.
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