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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2011
Mark Joseph Buisseret, Germantown, TN (US);
Mark Ellsworth Nadzadi, Memphis, TN (US);
Megan Patrice Rumery, Memphis, TN (US);
Aashiish Agnihotri, Memphis, TN (US);
Brian W. Mckinnon, Bartlett, TN (US);
Mark Joseph Buisseret, Germantown, TN (US);
Mark Ellsworth Nadzadi, Memphis, TN (US);
Megan Patrice Rumery, Memphis, TN (US);
Aashiish Agnihotri, Memphis, TN (US);
Brian W. McKinnon, Bartlett, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A method includes accessing image data representing tissue and identifying one or more features of the tissue indicated by the image data. A model is selected for the tissue based on the one or more identified features. The image data is segmented and, using the model, one or more anatomical landmarks of the tissue indicated by the segmented image data are identified.