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Vessel centerline determination

  • US 8,229,186 B2
  • Filed: 12/26/2004
  • Issued: 07/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of centerline determination for a tubular tissue in a digital medical image data set defined in a digital data space, comprising:

  • receiving coordinates of at least one start point and one end point inside a tubular tissue volume of the digital data space;

    automatically determining a path between said points that remains inside said volume, comprising using targeted marching which uses a cost function incorporating both path cost and estimated future path cost;

    automatically segmenting said tubular tissue using said path; and

    automatically determining a centerline for said tubular tissue from said segmentation,wherein said receiving, said determining a path, said segmenting, and said determining a centerline are all performed on a same digital data space of said digital medical image data set.

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