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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2012
Rafael Wiemker, Kisdorf, DE;
Harald Sepp Heese, Hamburg, DE;
Andre Goossen, Radbruch, DE;
Klaus Erhard, Hamburg, DE;
Rafael Wiemker, Kisdorf, DE;
Harald Sepp Heese, Hamburg, DE;
Andre Goossen, Radbruch, DE;
Klaus Erhard, Hamburg, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus for automatic selection of optimal tomography slices by executing a number of tentative segmentations using the same interactively provided in-slice seed point on some or all available tomography slices. The appropriate segmentation boundaries are then marked and the slice with the best segmentation goodness value (figure of merit) is presented to the user via a viewer. The steps are repeated when the user changes the seed point. The optimal segmentation boundary is displayed on top of a single simulated mammography image, fused from all tomography slice images.