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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2008
Nabile Safdar, Elkridge, MD (US);
Bharath Ramakrishna, Bangalore, IN;
Chein-i Chang, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Wei-min Liu, Taipei, TW;
Khan Siddiqui, Highland, MD (US);
Eliot Siegel, Saverna Park, MD (US);
Nabile Safdar, Elkridge, MD (US);
Bharath Ramakrishna, Bangalore, IN;
Chein-I Chang, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Wei-min Liu, Taipei, TW;
Khan Siddiqui, Highland, MD (US);
Eliot Siegel, Saverna Park, MD (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
Techniques for automatically detecting meniscus include receiving pixels from a scanning device directed to a knee of a subject. Also received is a region of interest that includes pixels that correspond to at least a portion of a meniscus of the knee. Without human intervention, a meniscus extraction threshold is determined based on pixel intensities in the region of interest. A meniscus object portion of the scan data is further determined without human intervention based on the meniscus extraction threshold and a geometrical constraint. Other techniques for automatically detecting meniscal tears includes receiving a meniscus object portion of scan data from a scanning device and receiving threshold data that indicates a meniscus extraction threshold. Without human intervention, a propensity for meniscal tears is determined based on the threshold data and the meniscus object portion of the scan data.