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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 07, 2010
LI Fan, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Guo-qing Wei, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Feng MA, Pennington, NJ (US);
Cheng-chung Liang, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Jian-zhong Qian, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Xiaolan Zeng, Princeton, NJ (US);
Changbo Yang, Wayne, PA (US);
Li Fan, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Guo-Qing Wei, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Feng Ma, Pennington, NJ (US);
Cheng-Chung Liang, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Jian-Zhong Qian, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Xiaolan Zeng, Princeton, NJ (US);
Changbo Yang, Wayne, PA (US);
EDDA TECHNOLOGY, INC., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A procedure for image segmentation on three-dimensional (3D) medical images, and a system, apparatus, and computer program that operate in accordance with the procedure. The procedure includes generating a projection including an anatomic structure, tracing a curve corresponding to the anatomic structure, extracting a curved volume of interest based on the curve and the projection, and extracting a segmentation of the anatomic structure. Also provided is a procedure for aligning anatomic structures in images, and a system, apparatus, and computer program that operate in accordance with the procedure. The procedure includes determining part of a biliary system in a first image, determining part of a hepatic portal vein or a hepatic artery in a second image, determining a gallbladder in the images, determining a cost function, and aligning the biliary system and the hepatic portal vein or hepatic artery by maximizing the cost function.