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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2013
Applicants:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Tochigi, JP;
Inventors:
Ian Poole, Edinburgh, GB;
Colin Roberts, Edinburgh, GB;
Paul Norman, Edinburgh, GB;
Alison O'Neil, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignees:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Tochigi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/608 (2013.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30101 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30172 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical image processing apparatus, comprises a landmark identification unit configured to process a medical image data set to identify a landmark corresponding to a part of a branching structure according to a stored anatomical representation, and a spatial analysis unit configured to process the image data set to determine a spatial configuration of at least part of the branching structure.