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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Inventors:
Azadeh Firouzian, Oxford, GB;
Jens Kaftan, Oxford, GB;
Matthew David Kelly, Botley, GB;
Antonios Makropoulos, Enysham, GB;
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solution USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/194 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0081 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); A61B 6/5247 (2013.01); G06F 17/30244 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06T 7/194 (2017.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/7425 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10104 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for automatic background region selection for lesion segmentation in medical images, a patient medical image dataset is loaded into a computer and an image region is delineated to obtain a segmentation containing a lesion. A background region is created from the segmentation representing the patient organ.