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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2006
Applicants:
Daniel Cremers, Bonn, DE;
Mikael Rousson, Trenton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Cremers, Bonn, DE;
Mikael Rousson, Trenton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for image segmentation are disclosed. A nonlinear statistical shape model of an image is integrated with a non-parametric intensity model to estimate characteristics of an image and create segmentations of an image based on Bayesian inference from characteristics of prior learned images based on the same models.