Patent ID: 8411950
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of selecting a plurality of M atlases from among a larger group of N candidate atlases to form a multi-atlas data set to be used for computer automated segmentation of novel image data sets to mark objects of interest therein, the method comprising: (a) providing a computer with a set of candidate atlases, each candidate atlas containing a reference image data set and segmentation data which marks an object of interest within the reference image data set; (b) providing the computer with a plurality of training image data sets, each containing a training image data set and segmentation data which marks an object of interest within the training image data set; (c) segmenting in the computer each of the training image data sets against each of the candidate atlases such that for each candidate atlas in turn the following is carried out: (d) selecting in the computer a subset of M atlases from among all the N candidate atlases to form the multi-atlas data set, the M atlases being those atlases determined to collectively provide the highest aggregate overlap over all the training data image sets.