IMAGE SEGMENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
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1. An image analysis system comprising:
- a computer apparatus programmed to access at least one image and to register a plurality of starting points, the starting points positionally referenced to an image boundary of a region of interest of the image, the computer apparatus further programmed to analyze and connect the starting points to form at least one contour line and to perform multiple opposing iterations on the contour line using a deformable model to delineate the image boundary.
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Abstract
An image analysis system is described. The image analysis system includes a computer apparatus programmed to access at least one image and to register a plurality of starting points. The starting points are positionally referenced to an image boundary of a region of interest of the image. The computer apparatus is further programmed to analyze and connect the starting points to form at least one contour line. Through multiple opposing iterations the contour line delineates the image boundary.
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45 Claims
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1. An image analysis system comprising:
a computer apparatus programmed to access at least one image and to register a plurality of starting points, the starting points positionally referenced to an image boundary of a region of interest of the image, the computer apparatus further programmed to analyze and connect the starting points to form at least one contour line and to perform multiple opposing iterations on the contour line using a deformable model to delineate the image boundary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of analyzing at least one image, the method comprising the steps of:
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accessing at least one image; identifying a region of interest within the image; defining at least two starting points relative to the region of interest within the image; positionally referencing the at least two starting points to an image boundary; connecting the at least two starting points to form a contour line; performing opposing iterations of the contour line to delineate the image boundary of the region of interest. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of treating a living organism, comprising the steps of:
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accessing at least one image of tissue within a living organism; identifying a region of interest of the tissue; positionally referencing a series of starting points to an image boundary of a region of interest of the image; connecting the starting points to form at least one contour line; performing multiple opposing iterations on the contour line using a deformable model to delineate the image boundary; and
,delivering at least one type of therapy to at least of portion of tissue within the image boundary. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of operating an image analysis system including a computer apparatus, the method comprising:
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operating the computer apparatus to access at least one image and to register a plurality of starting points, the starting points positionally referenced to an image boundary of a region of interest of the image; and operating the computer apparatus to analyze and connect the starting points to form at least one contour line and to perform multiple opposing iterations on the contour line to delineate the image boundary. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of identifying a region of interest in an image, comprising the steps of:
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accessing at least one image of tissue within a living organism; identifying an image boundary of a region of interest of the tissue; performing a first analysis of the image boundary, comprising the steps of; positionally referencing a series of starting points to the image boundary; connecting the starting points to form at least one contour line; performing multiple opposing iterations on the contour line using a deformable model to delineate the image boundary; and
,analyzing at least one parameter for the tissue within the delineated image boundary; performing a second analysis of the delineated image boundary, comprising the steps of; adjusting the delineated image boundary to identify an adjusted boundary; calculating a region difference indicative of the change between the delineated image boundary and the adjusted boundary; analyzing the at least one parameter for the tissue within the adjusted boundary; analyzing a parameter difference indicative of the change between the at least one parameter for the delineated image boundary and the at least one parameter for the adjusted boundary; comparing the parameter difference to a reference; repeating the steps of performing a first analysis and a second analysis, responsive to a negative comparison; replacing the delineated image boundary with the adjusted boundary, responsive to a positive comparison.
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38. An image analysis system comprising:
a computer apparatus programmed to access at least one image and to register a contour line, the contour line positionally referenced to an image boundary of a region of interest of the image, the computer apparatus further programmed to perform multiple opposing iterations on the contour line to delineate the image boundary. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. A method of analyzing at least one image, the method comprising the steps of:
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accessing at least one image; identifying a region of interest within the image; defining at least two starting points relative to the region of interest within the image; positionally referencing the at least two starting points to an image boundary; connecting the at least two starting points to form a contour line; performing a first iteration of the contour line to provide a first delineation the image boundary of the region of interest using a deformable model, the first delineation having a series of contour points; providing a thinning algorithm to the series of contour points to obtain an updated contour line; performing a second opposing iteration of the updated contour line using a deformable model to provide a second delineation of the image boundary of the region of interest; repeating opposing iterations of the updated contour lines to provide a final delineation of the image boundary of the region of interest. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of analyzing at least two images to delineate an image boundary of a region of interest using a deformable model, the method comprising the steps of:
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accessing a first image; identifying a region of interest within the first image; defining at least two starting points relative to the region of interest within the first image; positionally referencing the at least two starting points to a first image boundary within the first image; connecting the at least two starting points to form a first contour line; performing multiple opposing iterations on the first contour line using a deformable model to delineate the first image boundary; accessing a second image; identifying a region of interest within the second image; defining at least two starting points relative to the region of interest within the second image; positionally referencing the at least two starting points to a second image boundary within the second image; connecting the at least two starting points to form a second contour line; performing multiple opposing iterations on the second contour line using a deformable model to delineate the second image boundary; accessing a third image; interpolating a third contour line to delineate a third image boundary using the first contour line of the first image and the second contour line of the second image.
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