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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Ismail Ben Ayed, London, CA;
Kumaradevan Punithakumar, Hamilton, CA;
Sukhdeep Gill, London, CA;
Gregory John Garvin, London, CA;
Ismail Ben Ayed, London, CA;
Kumaradevan Punithakumar, Hamilton, CA;
Sukhdeep Gill, London, CA;
Gregory John Garvin, London, CA;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
London Health Sciences Centre, London, CA;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to automatically detect vertebrae boundaries in a spine image. A method to detect a vertebra in a spine image is described, the method comprising generating a rectangle approximation of a reference vertebra. The method also including identifying a mask similar to the rectangle approximation and labeling a mask region in the mask. The method also including comparing the mask region to the rectangle approximation and detecting a vertebra in the spine image based on the comparison.