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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2009
Michael I. Miller, Towson, MD (US);
Susumu Mori, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Anqi Qiu, Singapore, SG;
Jiangyang Zhang, Baltimore, MD (US);
Can Ceritoglu, Baltimore, MD (US);
Michael I. Miller, Towson, MD (US);
Susumu Mori, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Anqi Qiu, Singapore, SG;
Jiangyang Zhang, Baltimore, MD (US);
Can Ceritoglu, Baltimore, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A non-invasive imaging system, comprising: an imaging scanner; a signal processing system in communication with the imaging scanner to receive an imaging signal from the imaging scanner; and a data storage unit in communication with the signal processing system, wherein the data storage unit stores template data corresponding to a tissue region of a subject under observation, wherein the signal processing system is adapted to compute, using the imaging signal and the template data, refined template data corresponding to the tissue region, and wherein the refined template data incorporates subpopulation variability information associated with the tissue region such that the signal processing system provides an image of the tissue region in which a substructure is automatically identified taking into account the subpopulation variability information.