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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2012
Applicants:
Mehmet Akif Gulsun, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Marie-pierre Jolly, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Mehmet Akif Gulsun, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Marie-Pierre Jolly, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 (2013.01); G06T 7/0079 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01);
Abstract
A boundary in a medical image is segmented. To increase reproducibility, a multi-level segmentation approach is used. A boundary is detected based on a seed point. The boundary is used to construct a banded graph. Local segmentation is performed using the banded graph. Based on the local segmentation, a new seed point is found. The local segmentation identifies a consistent location for the seed point. The boundary detection is performed again using the new seed point.