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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2009
Cybele Ciofolo, Meudon, FR;
Maxim Fradkin, Puteaux, FR;
Benoit Mory, Paris, FR;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a system () for delineating an anatomical structure in an image computed from a slice of image data, the system () comprising a partition unit () for partitioning the image into a plurality of image portions, each image portion depicting a portion of the anatomical structure, and an adaptation unit () for adapting a template to the image based on a criterion function, the criterion function being a function of template parameters and of image values and their relative positions in the image, and on a criterion to be satisfied by a computed value of the criterion function, wherein the criterion function is defined on the basis of the plurality of image portions. Having a criterion function defined on the basis of the plurality of image portions allows computing optimal contributions to the criterion function value within each portion of the image. This is proven to be particularly useful for extracting myocardial contours in a slice of the LEMR short-axis volume image data in the presence of scar tissues. The invention allows optimizing the treatment of portions of the image comprising scar tissue in the myocardium.