Patent Document ID: 9471973
Application ID: 13953543
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer automated detection method for detection of one or more implantable man-made devices (IMD's) within the body of a patient, comprising: receiving an image of the patient; segmenting the image into one or more regions of interest, the regions of interest corresponding to anatomical features of the patient; generating one or more seed points from a designated region of interest from the one or more regions of interest in the segmented image; projecting one or more grown seed points along a path based on the one or more generated seeds; and overlaying an IMD position based on the grown seed path over the patient image; wherein the overlaid IMD position comprises an IMD path that follows the grown seed path along the length of the IMD within the image; wherein the one or more IMD comprises a catheter comprising one or more of a NG tube or ET tube; wherein generating one or more seed points comprises: detecting a pair of parallel lines; calculating a midpoint between the pair of parallel lines; and assigning a location of one of said one or more seed points at said midpoint; wherein segmenting the image into one or more regions of interest comprises automatically detecting a region of the neck of the patient; and wherein the one or more seeds are generated within the neck region of interest.