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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2007
Michael R. Kaus, Toronto, CA;
Laura A. Dawson, Toronto, CA;
Michael R. Kaus, Toronto, CA;
Laura A. Dawson, Toronto, CA;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus for delineating a structure of interest includes: a plane selection interface () for selecting a contouring plane of selectable orientation in a three-dimensional image or map (); a contouring interface () for defining a contour in the selected contour plane; and a mesh constructor () configured to construct a three-dimensional polygonal mesh () delineating the structure of interest in the three-dimensional image or map. The mesh constructor positions constrained vertices (, Vc) on or near a plurality of non-coplanar delineation contours (, Ccor, Cobl) defined using the contouring interface.