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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Zhongmin Steve Lin, New Berlin, WI (US);
Gopal Avinash, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Saad Sirohey, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Ananth Mohan, Waukesha, WI (US);
Satoshi Minoshima, Seattle, WA (US);
Zhongmin Steve Lin, New Berlin, WI (US);
Gopal Avinash, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Saad Sirohey, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Ananth Mohan, Waukesha, WI (US);
Satoshi Minoshima, Seattle, WA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for determining brain cortical thickness are provided. One method includes determining an intensity profile at each of a plurality of cortical surface points of an imaged brain using brain tissue image data and calculating a cortical thickness based on a parametrically determined transition point of each intensity profile.