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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2006
Huseyin Tek, Princeton, NJ (US);
Alper Ayvaci, Istanbul, TR;
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Huseyin Tek, Princeton, NJ (US);
Alper Ayvaci, Istanbul, TR;
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and system for detecting a boundary of a vessel in an image. Edges in the image are detected. Edge detection is based on the change in intensity over some distance while varying the scale of the distance. A set of edges is then selected from the detected edges. An initial vessel boundary is determined based on the selected set, and a shape descriptor (e.g., one or more elliptical shape descriptors) is applied to the initial vessel boundary to determine a final vessel boundary.