Segmenting medical image data sets
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1. A method for segmenting a body structure image data set produced from a medical imaging method, comprising:
- using a reference data set to define delineated body structures corresponding to the body structure image data set; and
ascertaining an overall mapping function that substantially maps the reference data set onto the body structure image data set, wherein the overall mapping function comprisesa portion that includes a dissection of the reference data set into a plurality of structural parts and the individual rearrangement of at least one structural part of the plurality of structural parts relative to at least one other structural part of the plurality of structural parts of the reference data set, anda portion that includes a mapping function that maps the dissected and rearranged plurality of parts onto corresponding parts of the body structure image data set.
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Abstract
A method for segmenting a body structure image data set produced from a medical imaging method includes: using a reference data set to define delineated body structures in the body structure image data set; and ascertaining an overall mapping function that substantially maps a reference data set onto the body structure image data set, wherein the overall mapping function comprises a portion that includes a dissection of the body structure image data set into structural parts and their individual rearrangement, and a portion which includes a global deformation and/or shift of the body structures.
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1. A method for segmenting a body structure image data set produced from a medical imaging method, comprising:
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using a reference data set to define delineated body structures corresponding to the body structure image data set; and ascertaining an overall mapping function that substantially maps the reference data set onto the body structure image data set, wherein the overall mapping function comprises a portion that includes a dissection of the reference data set into a plurality of structural parts and the individual rearrangement of at least one structural part of the plurality of structural parts relative to at least one other structural part of the plurality of structural parts of the reference data set, and a portion that includes a mapping function that maps the dissected and rearranged plurality of parts onto corresponding parts of the body structure image data set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium for segmenting a body structure image data set produced from a medical imaging method, comprising:
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code that uses a reference data set to define delineated body structures in the body structure image data set; and code that ascertains an overall mapping function that substantially maps the reference data set onto the body structure image data set, wherein the overall mapping function comprises a portion that includes a dissection of the reference data set into a plurality of structural parts and the individual rearrangement of at least one structural part of the plurality of structural parts relative to at least one other structural part of the plurality of structural parts of the reference data set, and a portion that includes a mapping function that maps the dissected and rearranged plurality of parts onto corresponding parts of the body structure image data set.
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10. A device for segmenting a body structure image data set produced using a medical imaging method, comprising:
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a processor; a data input device for inputting the body structure image data set and a reference data set assignable to the body structure image data set; a memory for storing the data sets; segmentation logic stored in memory and executable by the processor, the segmentation logic comprising logic that uses the reference data set to define delineated body structures in the body structure image data set; and logic that ascertains an overall mapping function that substantially maps a reference data set onto the body structure image data set, wherein the overall mapping function comprises a portion that includes a dissection of the reference data set into a plurality of structural parts and the individual rearrangement of at least one structural part of the plurality of structural parts relative to at least one other structural part of the plurality of structural parts of the reference data set, and a portion that includes a mapping function that maps the dissected and rearranged plurality of parts onto corresponding parts of the body structure image data set.
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