Patent ID: 9460534
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: A61B,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method of rib labeling, comprising receiving, at a computer, a plurality of two-dimensional images representing cross sections of a rib cage, each two-dimensional image comprising cross sections of a plurality of ribs; the computer including a processor and a memory, wherein the processor determines a center point of the rib cage by averaging a position or position vectors of the cross sections of all ribs represented in the two-dimensional images; determines a distance between a position of the center point of the rib cage and a position of a cross section of a rib position; and generates an anatomical label for each of the ribs in each of the two-dimensional images; and places each anatomical label based on a distance between the position of the center point and a position of the cross section of the respective rib, each anatomical label being placed radially outside the rib cage.