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Systems and Methods for Generating a Contour for a Medical Image

  • US 20110271215A1
  • Filed: 05/03/2010
  • Published: 11/03/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for generating a contour for a medical image, comprising:

  • a contour synthesis engine configured to receive a plurality of contours for a medical image, the plurality of contours identifying at least one object within the medical image;

    the contour synthesis engine further configured to synthesize a combined contour from the plurality of contours by selecting portions of the plurality of contours based on one or more pre-defined contour combination criterion, the one or more pre-defined contour combination criterion including a designated number of contour overlaps such that any region where at least the designated number of contours are overlapping is included in the combined contour;

    wherein the contour synthesis engine comprises software instructions that are stored in one or more computer readable mediums and are executable by one or more processors.

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