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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2009
Sascha Seifert, Königsbach-Stein, DE;
Adrian Barbu, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Shaohua Kevin Zhou, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
David Liu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Johannes Feulner, Erlangen, DE;
Martin Huber, Uttenreuth, DE;
Michael Suehling, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Alexander Cavallaro, Utttenreuth, DE;
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Sascha Seifert, Königsbach-Stein, DE;
Adrian Barbu, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Shaohua Kevin Zhou, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
David Liu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Johannes Feulner, Erlangen, DE;
Martin Huber, Uttenreuth, DE;
Michael Suehling, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Alexander Cavallaro, Utttenreuth, DE;
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for hierarchical parsing and semantic navigation of a full or partial body computed tomography CT scan is disclosed. In particular, organs are segmented and anatomic landmarks are detected in a full or partial body CT volume. One or more predetermined slices of the CT volume are detected. A plurality of anatomic landmarks and organ centers are then detected in the CT volume using a discriminative anatomical network, each detected in a portion of the CT volume constrained by at least one of the detected slices. A plurality of organs, such as heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, bladder, and prostate, are detected in a sense of a bounding box and segmented in the CT volume, detection of each organ bounding box constrained by the detected organ centers and anatomic landmarks. Organ segmentation is via a database-guided segmentation method.