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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2006
Saad Ahmed Sirohey, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Istvan Ubelhart, Budapest, HU;
Balazs Cziria, Szazhalombatta, HU;
Saad Ahmed Sirohey, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Istvan Ubelhart, Budapest, HU;
Balazs Cziria, Szazhalombatta, HU;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system is provided for automatically processing a volumetric diagnostic image dataset. A first seed point is defined within a lesion. The lesion is within a first image dataset representative of a subject. A first boundary is defined in three dimensions within the first image dataset and the first seed point and the lesion are within the first boundary. At least one parameter is determined based on the first image dataset. A first segmentation algorithm is selected from a plurality of segmentation algorithms based on the at least one parameter, and the lesion is segmented using the first segmentation algorithm.