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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2008
Hui Sun, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Sangmin Park, Exton, PA (US);
Sarang Lakare, Chester Springs, PA (US);
Hui Sun, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Sangmin Park, Exton, PA (US);
Sarang Lakare, Chester Springs, PA (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A method for segmenting image data includes creating a plurality of marching regions within the medical image data. Region-wise segmentation is performed on the plurality of marching regions. Region-wise segmentation may include a normalized cut performed on a graph wherein each marching region represents a node. Region-wise segmentation may also include or may alternatively include a min cut performed on a graph wherein each marching region represents a node. Voxel-wise segmentation is performed on a subset of the plurality of marching regions.