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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 21, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Dan Chevion, Haifa, IL;

Pavel Kisilev, Maalot, IL;

Boaz Ophir, Haifa, IL;

Eugene Walach, Haifa, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/187 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/085 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/187 (2017.01); A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20156 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer implemented method, a computerized system and a computer program product for automatic image segmentation. The computer implemented method comprises obtaining an image of a tissue, wherein the image is produced using an imaging modality. The method further comprises automatically identifying, by a processor, a tissue segment within the image, wherein said identifying comprises identifying an artifact within the image, wherein the artifact is a misrepresentation of a tissue structure, wherein the misrepresentation is associated with the imaging modality; and searching for the tissue segment in a location adjacent to the artifact.


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