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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Brian Mohr, Edinburgh, GB;
Marco Razeto, Edinburgh, GB;
Jim Piper, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Assignees:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0081 (2013.01); G06T 7/0091 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20141 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of selecting image data representative of a subject from an image data set comprises determining regions of image data, wherein each region of image data consists of a respective plurality of connected voxels, and selecting at least one region as being representative of the subject based upon at least one of the size and shape of the region.