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Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2006
Applicants:

Saad Ahmed Sirohey, Pewaukee, WI (US);

Gopal B. Avinash, New Berlin, WI (US);

Tamanna N. Bembenek, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Jérôme Francois Knoplioch, Neuilly sur Seine, FR;

Inventors:

Saad Ahmed Sirohey, Pewaukee, WI (US);

Gopal B. Avinash, New Berlin, WI (US);

Tamanna N. Bembenek, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Jérôme Francois Knoplioch, Neuilly sur Seine, FR;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for detecting aneurysm in vasculatures are provided. The method includes removing bone structures from three-dimensional (3D) computed tomography (CT) angiography image data and extracting spherical shapes from the bone removed 3D CT angiography image data. The method further includes displaying the extracted spherical shapes on an image of the 3D CT angiography image data.


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