Patent ID: 7640136
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: A61B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for determining a location of an object of interest for use in image calibration, said method comprising: loading an image of at least a portion of a patient, said image including an object of interest; retrieving patient data related to said patient, said patient data used to define, at least in part, a patient body type for said patient; automatically generating a proposed height value of said object of interest in relation to a reference location, said proposed height value of said object of interest generated by selecting a height value from a set of height values based on said patient data, said proposed height value of said object of interest corresponding to a height of said object of interest in relation to said reference location based at least in part on said patient data; and providing an option for a user to at least one of approve and edit said proposed height value.