Patent Document ID: 20020165689
Application ID: 10124778
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for identifying irregular volumes represented within volumetric input data, comprising the steps of: inputting one or more volume datasets comprising a multiplicity of three-dimensional cells; establishing criteria describing properties of an irregular volume of interest; processing each volume dataset, the processing comprising the steps of: traversing from cell to cell of the volume dataset until a seed cell is identified having properties matching the criteria, the identified seed cell thereby belonging to an identified irregular volume; identifying cells related to the seed cell by a predetermined relationship as belonging to the identified irregular volume; and storing in a data structure associated each identified cell belonging to the identified irregular volume attribute data describing properties of the identified cell, the attribute data including an indication of the location of the identified cell with respect to a predetermined frame of reference and including an identifier uniquely identifying the identified cell as belonging to the identified irregular volume.