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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2012
Senhu LI, Brentwood, TN (US);
Brian Lennon, Nashville, TN (US);
Jonathan Waite, Cary, NC (US);
James Stefansic, Nashville, TN (US);
Senhu Li, Brentwood, TN (US);
Brian Lennon, Nashville, TN (US);
Jonathan Waite, Cary, NC (US);
James Stefansic, Nashville, TN (US);
Pathfinder Therapeutics, Inc., Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A system and method to conduct image segmentation by imaging target morphological shapes evolving from one 2-dimension (2-D) image slice to one or more nearby neighboring 2-D images taken from a 3-dimension (3-D) image. One area defined by a user as a target on an image slice can be found in a corresponding area on a nearby neighboring image slice by using a deformation field generated with deformable image registration procedure between these two image slices. It allows the user to distinguish target and background areas with the same or similar image intensities.