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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Larry Partain, Los Altos, CA (US);
Stavros Prionas, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John Boone, Folsom, CA (US);
Larry Partain, Los Altos, CA (US);
Stavros Prionas, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John Boone, Folsom, CA (US);
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of analyzing a volumetric data set obtained by an imaging system from an object is provided includes defining a first region of interest comprising a population of voxels of a first tissue part of the object to obtain a first distribution of radiation attenuation coefficient values, defining a second region of interest comprising a sample of voxels of a second tissue part of the object to obtain a second distribution of radiation attenuation coefficient values, and distinguishing the second tissue from the first tissue using the properties of the first and second distributions of radiation attenuation coefficients.