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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2011
Kedar Anil Patwardhan, Latham, NY (US);
David Martin Mills, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kedar Anil Patwardhan, Latham, NY (US);
David Martin Mills, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An automated method for detecting a disease state is presented. The method includes identifying a bone surface in one or more image data sets, wherein the one or more data sets correspond to a region of interest in an object of interest. Furthermore, the method includes segmenting a joint capsule region corresponding to the one or more image data sets based on a corresponding identified bone surface. In addition, the method includes analyzing the segmented joint capsule region to identify the disease state. Systems and non-transitory computer readable medium configured to perform the automated method for detecting a disease state are also presented.