A SEGMENTATIN METHOD OF MEDICAL IMAGE AND APPARATUS THEREOF

摘要

PURPOSE: A method and apparatus for segmenting a medical image are provided to obtain the optimum 3D segmentation volume by determining the optimum segmentation seed according to the kind of lesion. CONSTITUTION: Location information of a pointer is extracted according to the input of a user(S120). The kind of a lesion shown in a slice medical image is determined(S150). A segmentation region including the location of the pointer is determined by performing a predetermined segmentation algorithm according to the kind of the lesion(S160). The determined segmentation region is selected as a lesion diagnosis region of the slice medical image. [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB) Finish; (S110) Controlling a pointer according to a user input; (S120) Extracting the location information of a pointer; (S130) Removing granular noise; (S140) Extracting the optimum location information of a pointer; (S150) Determining the kind of lesion based on an angle profile and medical image information relating to the optimum location information; (S160) Determining a segmentation region using a preset segmentation algorithm according to the kind of lesion; (S170) Previously displaying the determined segmentation region on a slice medical image; (S180) Is the selection of a user determined?; (S190) Determining the selected segmentation region as a seed of a three dimensional volume segmentation; (S200) Determining each segmentation region of a plurality of different slice medical images as the seed; (S210) Generating a three dimensional segmentation using a seed and segmentation regions