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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2013
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Ian Poole, Edinburgh, GB;
Mohammad Dabbah, Edinburgh, GB;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for locating a landmark in a set of image data comprises a landmark location unit that is configured, for each of a plurality of image data items, to obtain from a first two-class classifier a first classification of the image data item as foreground or background, to obtain from a second two-class classifier a second classification of the image data item as foreground or background, and to combine the first classification and the second classification to obtain a combined classification, and wherein the landmark location unit is further configured to use the combined classifications for the plurality of image data items to determine a location for the landmark.