Patents Assigned to IM3D S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 8848995
    Abstract: A method of classification of image portions corresponding to fecal residues from a tomographic image of a colorectal region, which comprises a plurality of voxels (2) each having a predetermined intensity value and which shows at least one portion of colon (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) comprising at least one area of tagged material (10). The area of tagged material (10) comprises at least one area of fecal residue (10a) and at least one area of tissue affected by tagging (10b). The image further comprises at least one area of air (8) which comprises an area of pure air (8a) not influenced by the fecal residues. The method comprises the operations of identifying (100), on the basis of a predetermined identification criterion based on the intensity values, above-threshold connected regions comprising connected voxels (2) and identifying, within the above-threshold connected regions, a plurality of connected regions of tagged material comprising voxels (2) representing the area of tagged material (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: IM3D S.p.A.
    Inventors: Silvia Delsanto, Lia Morra, Ivan Dmitriev
  • Patent number: 8111896
    Abstract: A process for the automatic recognition of anomalies in anatomical structures, as well as a processing system and a computer program for implementing the process are described, the process comprising the steps of: acquisition (10) of a plurality of two-dimensional images of at least a portion of a patient's body, which are suitable for forming a three-dimensional representation of at least one anatomical structure under observation, segmentation (20) of a region of interest of the three-dimensional representation, potentially bearing the anomalies, selection (30, 40) of the volume image elements (voxels) of the segmented region that are candidates for belonging to anomalies of the anatomical structure represented, on the basis of predetermined morphological parameters, and classification (70) of the voxels as elements suspected of belonging to anomalies or elements not belonging to anomalies, in which the segmentation (20) takes place by progressive growth of the region of interest by aggregation of voxels
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: IM3D S.p.A.
    Inventors: Silvano Agliozzo, Alberto Bert, Ivan Dmitriev
  • Patent number: 8107702
    Abstract: A process for the automatic recognition of abnormalities in anatomical structures is described together with a processing system and a computer program for implementing the aforesaid process, comprising the operations of: acquiring (10) a plurality of two-dimensional images of at least one portion of a patient's body capable of forming a three-dimensional representation of at least one anatomical structure under observation, segmenting (20) a region of interest in the said three-dimensional representation which potentially contains anomalies, selecting (30, 40) volume image elements (voxels) from the segmented region which are likely to form a part of abnormalities in the anatomical structure represented, on the basis of predetermined morphological parameters, agglomerating (60) the said voxels into analysis units on the basis of the distribution of the spatial density of the voxels selected, and classifying (70) the said analysis units as elements suspected of being parts of abnormalities or as elements w
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: IM3D S.p.A.
    Inventor: Silvano Agliozzo
  • Publication number: 20090252393
    Abstract: A process for the automatic recognition of abnormalities in anatomical structures is described together with a processing system and a computer program for implementing the aforesaid process, comprising the operations of: acquiring (10) a plurality of two-dimensional images of at least one portion of a patient's body capable of forming a three-dimensional representation of at least one anatomical structure under observation, segmenting (20) a region of interest in the said three-dimensional representation which potentially contains anomalies, selecting (30, 40) volume image elements (voxels) from the segmented region which are likely to form a part of abnormalities in the anatomical structure represented, on the basis of predetermined morphological parameters, agglomerating (60) the said voxels into analysis units on the basis of the distribution of the spatial density of the voxels selected, and classifying (70) the said analysis units as elements suspected of being parts of abnormalities or as elements w
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Im3D S.P.A
    Inventor: Silvano Agliozzo
  • Publication number: 20090175527
    Abstract: A process for the automatic recognition of anomalies in anatomical structures, as well as a processing system and a computer program for implementing the process are described, the process comprising the steps of: acquisition (10) of a plurality of two-dimensional images of at least a portion of a patient's body, which are suitable for forming a three-dimensional representation of at least one anatomical structure under observation, segmentation (20) of a region of interest of the three-dimensional representation, potentially bearing the anomalies, selection (30, 40) of the volume image elements (voxels) of the segmented region that are candidates for belonging to anomalies of the anatomical structure represented, on the basis of predetermined morphological parameters, and classification (70) of the voxels as elements suspected of belonging to anomalies or elements not belonging to anomalies, in which the segmentation (20) takes place by progressive growth of the region of interest by aggregation of voxels
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: IM3D, S.P.A.
    Inventors: Silvano Agliozzo, Alberto Bert, Ivan Dmitriev