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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2011
Applicants:
Yang-ming Zhu, Solon, OH (US);
Steven M Cochoff, Hudson, OH (US);
Ronald Sukalac, Mentor, OH (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0083 (2013.01); G06T 7/0097 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10104 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20061 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20148 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for removing an object support from imaging data such as CT imaging data are provided. The automatic or semi-automatic removal process comprises identifying and locating the top edge of the object support in sagittal imaging plane data, and then removing the object support from transverse or volumetric imaging data.