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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2009
Klaus J. Kirchberg, Princeton, NJ (US);
Christoph Guetter, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Klaus J. Kirchberg, Princeton, NJ (US);
Christoph Guetter, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, unknown;
Abstract
Progress monitoring of lesions is done automatically by segmentation and registration of lesions in multi-phase medical images. A parametric level-set framework includes a model optimization for any number of lesions. The user specifies lesions in a baseline volume by clicking inside of them. The apparatus segments the lesions automatically in the baseline and follow-up volumes. The segmentation optimization compensates for lesion motion between baseline and follow-up volumes. 2D and 3D medical patient data can be processed by the methods.