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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2012
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Rafael Wiemker, Kisdorf, DE;
Thomas Blaffert, Hamburg, DE;
Cristian Lorenz, Hamburg, DE;
Daniel Bystrov, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06T 7/174 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); A61B 6/466 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06T 7/174 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20101 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30061 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for post processing 2D image slices (-) defining a 3D image volume. The apparatus comprises a graphical user interface controller (), a 2D segmenter () and a 3D segmenter (). The apparatus allows a user to effect calculation and display of a 2D segmentation of a cross section of an object shown in a slice () and calculation and display of a 3D segmentation of the object across the 3D image volume, the 3D segmentation based on the object's previously calculated 2D segmentation.