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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2004
Todd R. Mcnutt, Verona, WI (US);
Michael Kaus, Hamburg, DE;
Vladimir Pekar, Hamburg, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A scanner () acquires images of a subject. A 3D model () of an organ is selected from an organ model database () and dropped over an image of an actual organ. A best fitting means () globally scales, translates and/or rotates the model () to best fit the actual organ represented by the image. A user uses a mouse () to use a set of manual tools () to segment and manipulate the model ()1:o match the image data. The set of tools () includes: a Gaussian tool () for deforming a surface portion of the model along a Gaussian curve, a spherical push tool () for deforming the surface portion along a spherical surface segment, and a pencil tool () for manually drawing a line to which the surface portion is redefined.