Patent Document ID: 8467588
Application ID: 13283762
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of using a Volume-of-interest (VOI) Segmentation System for use with Molecular Imaging Quantization comprising the steps of: (a) preparing an image of a target animal by adjusting fusion of different modalities and contract adjustment; (b) importing the image into said VOI Segmentation System comprising an organ/anatomic segmentation template, an animal size and weight calculator, an animal spine position calculator, and a texture analyzer, wherein said organ/anatomic segmentation template is based on study target, animal species, organ, and anatomic target of interests; (c) converting animal width, height, depth, and weight into parameters for adjustment of size, distortion, and location of said organ/anatomic segmentation template by said animal size and weight calculator; (d) defining animal bone skeleton and identifying spine direction and detailed position by for adjustment of size, distortion, and location of said organ/anatomic segmentation template by said animal spine position calculator; and (e) defining similarities between VOI of said image and VOI of said organ/anatomic segmentation template and generating parameters for adjustment of size, distortion, and location of said organ/anatomic segmentation template by a texture analyzer.