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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Materials Engineering and Packaging, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
Parag J. Parikh, St. Louis, MO (US);
Hanlin Wan, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND PACKAGING, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0044 (2013.01); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for localizing a fiducial marker in a medical image includes: obtaining the medical image; and performing an analysis, using an analysis unit, to localize the fiducial marker in the medical image; wherein the fiducial marker is localized by the analysis unit without use of a marker template.