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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Alexander Schwing, Zurich, CH;
Yefeng Zheng, Dayton, NJ (US);
Martin Harder, Nürnberg, DE;
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Alexander Schwing, Zurich, CH;
Yefeng Zheng, Dayton, NJ (US);
Martin Harder, Nürnberg, DE;
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting multiple anatomical landmarks in a 3D volume. A first anatomical landmark is detected in a 3D volume using marginal space learning (MSL). Locations of remaining anatomical landmarks are estimated in the 3D volume based on the detected first anatomical landmark using a learned geometric model relating the anatomical landmarks. Each of the remaining anatomical landmarks is then detected using MSL in a portion of the 3D volume constrained based on the estimated location of each remaining landmark. This method can be used to detect the anatomical landmarks of the crista galli (CG), tip of the occipital bone (OB), anterior of the corpus callosum (ACC), and posterior of the corpus callosum (PCC) in a brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) volume.