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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Xiaoguang LU, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Jens Gühring, Erlangen, DE;
Hui Xue, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
Marie-pierre Jolly, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Christoph Guetter, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Sven Zuehlsdorff, Chicago, IL (US);
Arne Littmann, Erlangen, DE;
Xiaoguang Lu, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Jens Gühring, Erlangen, DE;
Hui Xue, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
Marie-Pierre Jolly, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Christoph Guetter, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Sven Zuehlsdorff, Chicago, IL (US);
Arne Littmann, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A method including receiving an image sequence, wherein the image sequence includes a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) image frames of an organ arranged in a time sequence; constructing a three-dimensional (3D) volume by stacking a plurality of the 2D image frames in time order; detecting a best bounding box for a target of interest in the 3D volume, wherein the best bounding box is specified by a plurality of parameters including spatial and temporal information contained in the 3D volume; and determining the target of interest from the best bounding box.