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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2004
Ido Milstein, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Shmuel Akerman, Binyamina, IL;
Gad Miller, Paris, FR;
Laurent Cohen, Neuilly sur Seine, FR;
Ido Milstein, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Shmuel Akerman, Binyamina, IL;
Gad Miller, Paris, FR;
Laurent Cohen, Neuilly sur Seine, FR;
Algotec Systems Ltd., RaAnana, IL;
Abstract
A method of centerline determination for a tubular tissue in a medical image data set defined in a data space, comprising receiving at least one start point and one end point inside a tubular tissue volume; automatically determining a path between said points that remains inside said volume; automatically segmenting said tubular tissue using said path; and automatically determining a centerline for said tubular tissue from said segmentation, wherein said receiving, said determining a path and said segmenting, said determining a centerline are all performed on a same data space of said medical image data set.