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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2008
Edward B. Gindele, Rochester, NY (US);
Lawrence A. Ray, Rochester, NY (US);
Richard A. Simon, Rochester, NY (US);
Edward B. Gindele, Rochester, NY (US);
Lawrence A. Ray, Rochester, NY (US);
Richard A. Simon, Rochester, NY (US);
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of collecting information regarding an anatomical object of interest includes displaying an image characterized by a first region and a second region, wherein the first and second regions are mutually exclusive and the object is displayed within the second region, selecting first and second points spanning the object in the displayed image, at least one of the points being within the first region, and extracting a plurality of statistical values from image voxels, lying on a line segment between the first and second points, that correspond to the object.