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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2008
Leo Grady, Yardley, PA (US);
Fred S. Azar, Princeton, NJ (US);
Leo Grady, Yardley, PA (US);
Fred S. Azar, Princeton, NJ (US);
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method for differentiating between elements of an image and a background includes inputting an image comprising pixels forming a view of the elements and a background, providing a model for assigning a probability of belonging to a predefined class to each of the pixels, assigning a probability to each of the pixels of belonging to the predefined class, labeling each of the pixels according to a corresponding probability and a predefined threshold, determining boundaries between groups of like-labeled pixels, and outputting a visualization of the boundaries.