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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Agfa Healthcare NV, Mortsel, BE;
Inventor:
Gert Behiels, Mortsel, BE;
Assignee:
AGFA HEALTHCARE NV, Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0081 (2013.01); G06K 9/6232 (2013.01); G06T 7/0083 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for defining a region of interest in a radiation image of a breast based on the result of shape analysis applied to a skin line estimate determined in the radiation image.