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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Venkata Veerendranadh Chebrolu, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Bhudatt R. Paliwal, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Venkata Veerendranadh Chebrolu, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Bhudatt R. Paliwal, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/321 (2013.01); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61N 5/1067 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1055 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1061 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for automatic segmentation of tumor tissue, useful for motion correction during radiotherapy using real-time imaging, identifies multiple regions based on the values of data and then identifies the tumors within the regions based on a priori knowledge about tumor size and/or location. The regions may be refined with robust and fast morphological operations, providing segmentation at speeds commensurate with the motion to be corrected.