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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2006
Applicants:
Jasit S Suri, Roseville, CA (US);
LU LI, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jasit S Suri, Roseville, CA (US);
Lu Li, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Eigen, Inc., Grass Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improved system and method (i.e. utility) for segmentation of medical images is provided. The utility fits an estimated boundary on a structure of interest in an automated selection and fitting process. The estimated boundary may be a model boundary that is generated actual boundaries of like structures. In one arrangement, the boundaries may be selected based on the age and/or ethnicity of a patient. In further arrangements, narrow band processing is performed to estimate the actual boundary of the structure of interest.