One or more example embodiments of the present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for providing an outline of a lesion in digital breast tomosynthesis includes receiving input data, wherein the input data comprises a reconstructed tomosynthesis volume dataset based on projection recordings, a virtual target marker within a lesion being in the tomosynthesis volume dataset; applying a trained function to at least a part of the tomosynthesis volume dataset to establish an outline enclosing the lesion, the part of the tomosynthesis volume dataset corresponding to a region surrounding the virtual target marker in the tomosynthesis volume dataset; and providing output data, wherein the output data is an outline of a two-dimensional area or a three-dimensional volume surrounding the target marker.

This application disclosures a method and system for detecting a centerline of a vessel. The method may include obtaining image data, wherein the image data may include vessel data; selecting two endpoints of the vessel based on the vessel data; transforming the image data to generate a transformed image based on at least one image transformation function; and determining a path of the centerline of the vessel connecting the first endpoint of the vessel and the second endpoint of the vessel to obtain the centerline of the vessel based on the transformed image. The two endpoints of the vessel may include a first endpoint of the vessel and a second endpoint of the vessel.

An image segmentation method is disclosed that allows a user to select image component types, for example tissue types and or background, and have the method of the present invention segment the image according to the user's input utilizing the superpixel image feature data and spatial relationships.

The application discloses a method and system for segmenting a lung image. The method may include obtaining a target image relating to a lung region. The target image may include a plurality of image slices. The method may also include segmenting the lung region from the target image, identifying an airway structure relating to the lung region, and identifying one or more fissures in the lung region. The method may further include determining one or more pulmonary lobes in the lung region.

This application provides an artificial intelligence-based pathological image processing method performed by an electronic device. The method includes: determining a seed pixel of an immune cell region from a pathological image; obtaining a seed pixel mask image corresponding to the seed pixel of the immune cell region from the pathological image based on the seed pixel of the immune cell region; segmenting an epithelial cell region in the pathological image, to obtain an epithelial cell mask image of the pathological image; fusing the seed pixel mask image and the epithelial cell mask image of the pathological image, to obtain an effective seed pixel mask image corresponding to the immune cell region in the pathological image; and determining a ratio value of the immune cell region in the pathological image based on the effective seed pixel mask image.

Methods and systems for image processing are provided. Image data may be obtained. The image data may include a plurality of voxels corresponding to a first plurality of ribs of an object. A first plurality of seed points may be identified for the first plurality of ribs. The first plurality of identified seed points may be labelled to obtain labelled seed points. A connected domain of a target rib of the first plurality of ribs may be determined based on at least one rib segmentation algorithm. A labelled target rib may be obtained by labelling, based on a hit-or-miss operation, the connected domain of the target rib, wherein the hit-or-miss operation may be performed using the labelled seed points to hit the connected domain of the target rib.

There is provided a computer implemented method of automatic segmentation of three dimensional (3D) anatomical region of interest(s) (ROI) that includes predefined anatomical structure(s) of a target individual, comprising: receiving 3D images of a target individual, each including the predefined anatomical structure(s), each 3D image is based on a different respective imaging modality. In one implementation, each respective 3D image is inputted into a respective processing component of a multi-modal neural network, wherein each processing component independently computes a respective intermediate, and the intermediate outputs are inputted into a common last convolutional layer(s) for computing the indication of segmented 3D ROI(s). In another implementation, each respective 3D image is inputted into a respective encoding-contracting component a multi-modal neural network, wherein each encoding-contracting component independently computes a respective intermediate output. The intermediate outputs are inputted into a single common decoding-expanding component for computing the indication of segmented 3D ROI(s).

A local extension method for segmentation of anatomical treelike structures includes receiving an initial segmentation of 3D image data including an initial treelike structure. A target point in the 3D image data is defined, and a region of interest based on the target point is extracted to create a sub-image. Highly tubular voxels are detected in the sub-image, and a spillage-constrained region growing is performed using the highly tubular voxels as seed points. Connected components are extracted from the results of the region growing. The extracted components are pruned to discard components not likely to be connected to the initial treelike structure, keeping only candidate components likely to be a valid sub-tree of the initial treelike structure. The candidate components are connected to the initial treelike structure, thereby extending the initial segmentation in the region of interest.

Illustrative embodiments are directed to methods, apparatus and computer program products for segmentation of X-ray tomography images via multiple reconstructions. A computed tomography scan of an object is received. The computed tomography scan is processed to generate an absorption reconstruction and a phase reconstruction from the computed tomography scan. First and second sets of seeds within the phase reconstruction are labeled as corresponding to a first phase by thresholding below a first threshold and corresponding to a second phase by thresholding above a second threshold, respectively. The absorption reconstruction is segmented automatically using an algorithm based on the first set of seeds, the second set of seeds and the absorption reconstruction. A final segmentation is produced based on a combination of the absorption reconstruction and the phase reconstruction.

Embodiments of the present application provide a tissue boundary determination apparatus and method. The tissue boundary determination method includes acquiring multiple slice images of multiple positions of a tissue to be examined, determining, with regard to at least one first selected slice image of the multiple slice images, a tissue boundary on the first selected slice image, and determining, according to the tissue boundary on the first selected slice image, tissue boundaries on a predetermined number of other slice images adjacent to the first selected slice image. Therefore, an accurate tissue (such as malignant tumor) boundary may be acquired efficiently so as to provide a reference basis for analysis on internal and external tissue of a tumor.