Patent Document ID: 7668349
Application ID: 10578654
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer program product having program code encoded in a computer readable medium for execution by an image processing system comprising a visualization device, said code comprising 3D image data processing code for automatically mapping a 3D Surface Model onto the surface of an object of interest in a 3D image, for estimating a model-based 3D segmentation surface, and further comprising: interactive adaptation code for interactively adapting the segmentation surface to the actual surface of the object of interest including: interactive selection code for interactively selecting a 2D Data Plane (DP) that intersects the 3D segmentation surface along a 2D Model Curve (MC), said 2D Data Plane having a user-selected orientation with respect to said surface, which enables the user to visualize a 2D portion called Aberrant Curve (AC) of said Model Curve to be modified; interactive definition code for interactively defining a Guiding Curve (GC) in the 2D Data Plane; code for interactively adapting said Aberrant Curve (AC) to said Guiding Curve (GC); and code for further automatically adapting the 3D segmentation surface within a neighborhood of the interactively adapted Aberrant Curve.