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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Dinesh Mysore Siddu, Bangalore, IN;
Mausumi Acharyya, Bangalore, IN;
Jonathan Stoeckel, RB Hierden, NL;
Dinesh Mysore Siddu, Bangalore, IN;
Mausumi Acharyya, Bangalore, IN;
Jonathan Stoeckel, RB Hierden, NL;
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A medical imaging system is used to recognize an internal structure from a three-dimensional image. The image includes image sub-volumes. An image sub-volume is selected using a non-linear search pattern. The selected image sub-volume is analyzed for the presence of the internal structure. The steps of selecting an image sub-volume using the non-linear search pattern and analyzing the selected sub-volume for the presence of the internal structure are repeated until the internal structure is found in an image sub-volume. Bounds of the internal structure are identified based on the location of the image sub-volume within which the internal structure is found.