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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2009
Xiaoguang LU, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Arne Littmann, Erlangen, DE;
Edgar Mueller, Heroldsbach, DE;
Xiaoguang Lu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Arne Littmann, Erlangen, DE;
Edgar Mueller, Heroldsbach, DE;
Siemens Corporation, Iselin, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and system for detecting anatomic landmarks in medical images is disclosed. In order to detect multiple related anatomic landmarks, a plurality of landmark candidates are first detected individually using trained landmark detectors. A joint context is then generated for each combination of the landmark candidates. The best combination of landmarks in then determined based on the joint context using a trained joint context detector.