METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DELINEATION OF CONTOURS OF TISSUE IN MEDICAL IMAGES

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for delineating the contour of an object in captured medical images by first transforming the shape of the object into a simple geometric shape that is more computationally tractable than the shape of the object. After the contour of the transformed shape is detected, the inverse of the transformation is applied to the contour such that it represents the contour of the object in the captured medical image.