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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2009
Lei Zhang, Troy, NY (US);
Yefeng Zheng, Dayton, NJ (US);
Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Fernando Vega-higuera, Erlangen, DE;
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Lei Zhang, Troy, NY (US);
Yefeng Zheng, Dayton, NJ (US);
Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Fernando Vega-Higuera, Erlangen, DE;
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method and system for coronary artery detection in 3D cardiac volumes is disclosed. The heart chambers are segmented in the cardiac volume, and an initial estimation of a coronary artery is generated based on the segmented heart chambers. The initial estimation of the coronary artery is then refined based on local information in the cardiac volume in order to detect the coronary artery in the cardiac volume. The detected coronary artery can be extended using 3D dynamic programming.