Patent ID: 8725235
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: A61B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of identifying at least a portion of a brain of a patient, comprising: obtaining image data of the brain that includes a plurality of image slices spaced apart; defining an axis relative to the brain in the plurality of image slices; executing instructions with a computer system to: determining and segmenting a third ventricle in obtained image data of the brain of the patient; after determining the third ventricle, determining a skeletonized line within the determined and segmented third ventricle in the plurality of image slices, including calculating a slope angle of the skeletonized line for ventricle interpretations in the each slice of the plurality of image and rotating the skeletonized line in each of the plurality of image slices to align the skeletonized line and the plurality of image slices and determining an axial plane through the plurality of image slices; after aligning the plurality of image slices, after determining the anterior commissure and determining the posterior commissure, determining an anatomical target based upon the determined anterior commissure and the determined posterior commissure; wherein the anatomical target is visually relatively indistinguishable from surrounding structures in the obtained image data.