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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2005
Applicants:
Xiang Sean Zhou, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Jct., NJ (US);
Luca Bogoni, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventors:
Xiang Sean Zhou, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Jct., NJ (US);
Luca Bogoni, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for three-dimensional contour tracking includes building a plurality of shape models, building a plurality of appearance models, training a learning/classification algorithm using said shape models and appearance models, localizing a contour using the said learning/classification algorithm about an object in a digitized image, and tracking said contour along said object in 3D incorporating said learning/classification algorithm.