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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2005
Renaud Capolunghi, Vanves, FR;
Laurent Launay, Saint Rémy lès Chevreuse, FR;
Laurent Stefani, Paris, FR;
Ruben Laramontalvo, Paris, FR;
Renaud Capolunghi, Vanves, FR;
Laurent Launay, Saint Rémy lès Chevreuse, FR;
Laurent Stefani, Paris, FR;
Ruben Laramontalvo, Paris, FR;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for identifying vascular structure in an image including: receiving at least one image including a vascular network; identifying at least one seed point corresponding to the vascular network; identifying automatically at least a portion of the vascular network to form an original vascular identification based at least in part on the at least one seed point; and allowing a dynamic user interaction with the vascular identification to form an iterative vascular identification. In an embodiment, the iterative vascular identification is formable in real-time. In an embodiment, the iterative vascular identification is displayable in real-time. In an embodiment, the iterative vascular identification is formable without re-identifying substantially unaltered portions of the vascular identification.