SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TRACHEA
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for detecting a trachea, an exemplary system comprising an imaging device configured to obtain image data and a computing device configured to generate a three-dimensional (3D) model, identify a potential connected component in a first slice image, identify a potential connected component in a second slice image, label the first slice image as a top slice image, label the connected component in the top slice image as an active object, associate each connected component in a current slice image with a corresponding connected component in a previous slice image based on a connectivity criterion, label each connected component in the current slice image associated with a connected component of the preceding slice image as the active object, and identify the active object as the trachea, based on a length of the active object.
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computer to:
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obtain a three-dimensional (3D) model of a chest of a patient; generate slice images of the 3D model along an axial direction; identify a potential connected component in a first slice image of the generated slice images; identify a potential connected component in a second slice image of the generated slice images, wherein the second slice image is immediately subsequent to the first generated slice image; confirm that the potential connected component of the first and second slice images are connected; label the potential connected component as a connected component; label the first slice image as a top slice image of the generated slice images; label the connected component in the top slice image as an active object; associate each connected component in a current slice image of the generated slice images with a corresponding connected component in a previous slice image based on a connectivity criterion; label each connected component in the current slice image associated with a connected component of the preceding slice image as the active object; and identify the active object as a trachea, based on a length of the active object. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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