Title: Method for automatically analyzing three dimensional image of lateral symmetrical organ and imaging system
Application Number: 200610136069 Application Date: 2006.10.20
Publication Number: 1961825 Publication Date: 2007.05.16
Approval Pub. Date: Granted Pub. Date:
International Classifi-cation: A61B5/055;A61B6/03;A61B8/00;G06T5/00;G06T7/00;G06T17/40
Applicant(s) Name: Siemens AG Address:
Inventor(s) Name: Schmidt Sebastian;Kuth Rainer
Attorney & Agent: shaoya li lixiao shu
Abstract:
    In a method for automated evaluation of a three-dimensional map of a laterally-symmetric organ system as well as medical image acquisition system and a computer program for this purpose, a three-dimensional image of the organ system is segmented, and the segmented organ system is deformed such that the deformed organ system has two mirror-symmetric halves with regard to its external shape. The differences between both mirror-symmetrical halves of the deformed organ system are determined by a comparison of one half with the other half. Alternatively, instead of the deformation of the segmented organ system a mirror-symmetric normal model of the organ system can be deformed, relative to the organ system, or vice versa, such that differences of corresponding regions of both halves of the organ system can be determined using the normal model. The determined differences are presented to a user.
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