Patent №
US 6,978,039
Granted
2005-12-20
Filed 2001
Owner
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Lab
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AI components
2
vision · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09683321
A method and system for segmenting three-dimensional (3D) medical images containing an object of interest are provided. The method comprises generating a plurality of successive layers of fixed radius spheres about a circumference of a sphere containing at least one seed point placed within the object of interest when a plurality of respective voxels contained within the spheres exceed a selected threshold. The generation of the layers is repeated until no further voxels contained within an outer surface of each respective layer exceed the selected threshold or a stop seed point is encountered. The layers form a segmented representation of the object of interest.
AI classification
Ownership
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
assignment · 123580929
Assignors
CLINE, HARVEY ELLIS, LUDKE, SIEGWALT
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