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Automated CT Based Liver Volume Assessment - Definiens

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Algorithm: <strong>Liver</strong> refinement/Growing<br />

<strong>Liver</strong> Refinement/Growing<br />

1. The liver seed is split into an upper and lower part<br />

2. First, the lower liver seed is grown (gallbladder, ribs,<br />

edge)<br />

3. Second, the upper liver is grown (ribs, lung wings, edge)<br />

Update Original Image<br />

Results are transferred back to original image size and refined<br />

(prior to this, all work was done based on a downscaled image by a factor of 0.5)<br />

Medical Imaging – Princess Margaret Hospital – University Health Network – Mount Sinai Hospital – University of Toronto

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