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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2009
Sandra Sudarsky, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Bernhard Geiger, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Christophe Chefd'hotel, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Lutz Gündel, Erlangen, DE;
Michael Scheuering, Nürnberg, DE;
Sandra Sudarsky, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Bernhard Geiger, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Christophe Chefd'hotel, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Lutz Gündel, Erlangen, DE;
Michael Scheuering, Nürnberg, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Abstract
A system and method for colon unfolding via skeletal subspace deformation comprises: performing a centerline computation on a segmented image for deriving a centerline thereof; computing a distance map utilizing said centerline and said segmented image to derive said distance map; generating a polyhedral model of the lumen of said colon; and utilizing said polyhedral model, said distance map, and said centerline for performing a straightening operation on said centerline.