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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Matthew David Kelly, Botley, GB;
Inventor:
Matthew David Kelly, Botley, GB;
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/08 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2013.01); G06K 9/3233 (2013.01); G06K 9/4647 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10104 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10108 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for identifying a region of interest in medical imaging data of a subject is described, an intensity projection image is generated from the medical imaging data. The medical imaging data is then processed to find one or more maxima in the medical imaging data. The found maxima are compared with the intensity projection image, and one of the maxima which is not represented in the intensity projection image is identified.