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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Yiqiang Zhan, Berwyn, PA (US);
Maneesh Dewan, West Chester, PA (US);
Zhigang Peng, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Xiang Sean Zhou, Exton, PA (US);
Inventors:
Yiqiang Zhan, Berwyn, PA (US);
Maneesh Dewan, West Chester, PA (US);
Zhigang Peng, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Xiang Sean Zhou, Exton, PA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of detecting an anatomical primitive in an image volume includes detecting a plurality of transformationally invariant points (TIPS) in the volume, aligning the volume using the TIPs, detecting a plurality landmark points in the aligned volume that are indicative of a given anatomical object, and fitting a target geometric primitive as the anatomical primitive based using the detected landmark points.