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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2011
Stefan Lautenschläger, Hausen, DE;
Stefan Lautenschläger, Hausen, DE;
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, München, DE;
Abstract
A method for determining a vascularity of an object located in a body is proposed. A multidimensional volume image of a target area of the body including the object is acquired. The object is segmented in the volume image. An expanded volume of the object is calculated by expanding structure edges of a volume of the object in the volume image with a predetermined size. The volume of the object is subtracted from the expanded volume of the object for determining an immediate vicinity of the object. A further object in the volume image having a determined minimum volume in the immediate vicinity of the object is segmented. A number of voxels of the further object is compared with a total number of voxels in the immediate vicinity of the object for determining the vascularity of the object.