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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2009
William E. Higgins, State College, PA (US);
Jason D. Gibbs, State College, PA (US);
Kun-chang Yu, State College, PA (US);
Michael W. Graham, State College, PA (US);
Kongkuo LU, State College, PA (US);
William E. Higgins, State College, PA (US);
Jason D. Gibbs, State College, PA (US);
Kun-Chang Yu, State College, PA (US);
Michael W. Graham, State College, PA (US);
Kongkuo Lu, State College, PA (US);
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
Abstract
This invention relates generally to medical imaging and, in particular, to a method and system for reconstructing a model path through a branched tubular organ. Novel methodologies and systems segment and define accurate endoluminal surfaces in airway trees, including small peripheral bronchi. An automatic algorithm is described that searches the entire lung volume for airway branches and poses airway-tree segmentation as a global graph-theoretic optimization problem. A suite of interactive segmentation tools for cleaning and extending critical areas of the automatically segmented result is disclosed. A model path is reconstructed through the airway tree.