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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2002
Frans Andreas Gerritsen, Eindhoven, NL;
Marcel Breeuwer, Eindhoven, NL;
Bert Leo Alfons Verdonck, Eindhoven, NL;
Frans Andreas Gerritsen, Eindhoven, NL;
Marcel Breeuwer, Eindhoven, NL;
Bert Leo Alfons Verdonck, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to the processing of a series of images. A multi-dimensional data set is formed from the series of images, for example, by stacking the images in order of succession. A cut plane is taken through the stack, that is, in the direction of succession and a slice through the stack is taken along the cut plane. A region of interest is derived from the slice. The invention is particularly useful for cardiology where a stack of successive MR images of a moving heart is formed. The ventricles of the heart are accurately segmented while using the slice in the direction of the time axis.