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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2009
Marie-pierre Jolly, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Christopher V. Alvino, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Benjamin L. Odry, West New York, NJ (US);
Jens Gühring, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Marie-Pierre Jolly, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Christopher V. Alvino, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Benjamin L. Odry, West New York, NJ (US);
Jens Gühring, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Abstract
A method for automatic femur segmentation and condyle line detection. The method includes: scanning a knee of a patient with medical imaging equipment to obtain 3D imaging data with such equipment; processing the obtained 3D imaging data in a digital processor to determine two lines tangent to the bottom of the knee condyles in an axial and a coronal plane; and automatically scanning the patient in the defined plane. The processing includes: determining an approximate location of the knee; using the determined the location to define a volume of interest; segmenting the femur in the defined volume of interest; and determining a bottom point on the femur portion on a right side and a left side of the segmented femur in an axial and a coronal slice to determine the two lines.