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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2015
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew S. Brown, Marina del Ray, CA (US);
Pechin Lo, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Eva Marjolein Van Rikxoort, Lent, NL;
Jonathan Gerald Goldin, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/60 (2006.01); G06T 15/08 (2011.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/0038 (2013.01); G06T 7/0081 (2013.01); G06T 7/0083 (2013.01); G06T 7/602 (2013.01); G06T 7/608 (2013.01); G06T 15/08 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20044 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20101 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20136 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20141 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20148 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20156 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30061 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automated or semi-automated system and methods are disclosed that provide a rapid and repeatable method for identifying lung, lobe, and fissure voxels in CT images, and allowing for quantitative lung assessment and fissure integrity analysis. An automated or semi-automated segmentation and editing system and methods are also disclosed for lung segmentation and identification of lung fissures.